title: Progressive "vascular" corticobasal syndrome due to bilateral ischemic hemispheric lesions.
abstract: We report a patient that presented with the corticobasal syndrome (CBS), including progressive dementia, asymmetric parkinsonism associated with constructional and ideomotor apraxia, action myoclonus and focal hand dystonia. Magnetic resonance imaging of the brain revealed extensive ischemic lesions in both fronto-temporo-parieto-occipital lobes and steno-occlusion of the middle cerebral arteries, bilaterally. This case illustrates that extensive cortical vascular-ischemic lesions may present with symptoms mimicking the corticobasal syndrome.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurology, The Catholic University of Korea, Seoul, Korea.
authors.forename: Young-Do
authors.initials: YD
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: Joong-Seok
authors.initials: JS
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: Eek-Sung
authors.initials: ES
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: Dong-Won
authors.initials: DW
authors.lastname: Yang
authors.forename: Kwang-Soo
authors.initials: KS
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: Yeong-In
authors.initials: YI
authors.lastname: Kim
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D020240:Apraxia, Ideomotor / Q000209:etiology; D001479:Basal Ganglia / Q000473:pathology*; D002545:Brain Ischemia / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology*; D002343:Carotid Artery, Internal / Q000473:pathology; D002540:Cerebral Cortex / Q000473:pathology*; D003072:Cognition Disorders / Q000209:etiology; D003704:Dementia / Q000209:etiology; D004421:Dystonia / Q000209:etiology; D020233:Gait Disorders, Neurologic / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D018810:Magnetic Resonance Angiography; D008297:Male; D020768:Middle Cerebral Artery / Q000473:pathology; D009207:Myoclonus / Q000209:etiology; D013577:Syndrome