title: Ocular motor apraxia after sequential bilateral striatal infarctions.
abstract: Ocular motor apraxia has been reported in bilateral frontoparietal lesions. We report a case of ocular motor apraxia after bilateral striatal infarctions. The patient had impaired voluntary saccades and smooth pursuits in the vertical and horizontal planes with an intact vestibulo-ocular reflex. Magnetic resonance imaging showed an old left putaminal infarction and an acute infarction in the right caudoputaminal area. This case demonstrates that ocular motor apraxia may occur in bilateral basal ganglia lesions.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurology, Kangbuk Samsung Hospital, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.
authors.forename: Pil-Wook
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authors.lastname: Moon
authors.forename: Hwa Suk
authors.initials: HS
authors.lastname: Song
authors.forename: Yong Bum
authors.initials: YB
authors.lastname: Kim
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