title: Fasciculations in brain death.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  Brain death is the colloquial name for human death determined by tests showing irreversible cessation of the clinical functions of the brain. Spontaneous and reflex movements have been described in brain death. The aim of this report is to describe a brain-dead patient with unusual motor movements.
  
  
  METHODS
  The patient was followed and her motor movements were videotaped.
  
  
  METHODS
  We report the presence of extensive and long-lasting fasciculations in a patient who fulfilled the criteria for brain death.
  
  
  RESULTS
  We describe and show on videotape a brain-dead patient with rare motor movements.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  We suggest that fasciculations outlined in this study has to be accepted as motor symptoms in brain death patients.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurology, Atatürk Training and Research Hospital, İzmir, Turkey. ybeckmann@gmail.com
authors.forename: Yesim Yetimalar
authors.initials: YY
authors.lastname: Beckmann
authors.forename: Yeliz
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Ciftçi
authors.forename: Yaprak
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Seçil
authors.forename: Sölen
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Eren
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D001926:Brain Death / Q000473:pathology*; D003128:Coma / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology; D016638:Critical Illness; D004569:Electroencephalography; D005207:Fasciculation / Q000209:etiology* / Q000503:physiopathology; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D005260:Female; D015600:Glasgow Coma Scale; D006323:Heart Arrest / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D007362:Intensive Care Units; D013345:Subarachnoid Hemorrhage / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed / Q000379:methods