title: Ipsilateral tilt and contralateral sensory change of neck in cortical infarction.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Numerous neck muscles are involved in neck movements, and so isolated neck weakness is extremely uncommon in cerebral infarction.
  
  
  METHODS
  We report herein the case of a 65-year-old woman with hypertension and acute cortical infarction, presenting with ipsilateral head tilt and contralateral sensory changes in the neck and shoulder area, which has never been described before.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Transient neck weakness and sensory deficits can occur in acute cortical infarction. The motor representation of the neck muscles can be at the same level of the cortical sensory representation, near to the level of the trunk representation, which is in contrast to Penfield's findings. Several possible mechanisms for the ipsilateral tilt are described.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurology, Hallym University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.
authors.forename: Suk Yun
authors.initials: SY
authors.lastname: Kang
authors.forename: Hyeo-Il
authors.initials: HI
authors.lastname: Ma
authors.forename: Mi Jeong
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: Seok-Beom
authors.initials: SB
authors.lastname: Kwon
authors.forename: San
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Jung
authors.forename: Yun Joong
authors.initials: YJ
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: Sung Hee
authors.initials: SH
authors.lastname: Hwang
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