Unilateral Asterixis in Arm and Leg Caused by Internal Capsula Stroke.

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Unilateral Asterixis in Arm and Leg Caused by Internal Capsula Stroke.

Case Rep Neurol Med. 2018;2018:3946380

Authors: Feil K, Huber M, Goldschagg N, Kellert L

Abstract
We report an unusual clinical manifestation of ischemic stroke with acute right-sided asterixis affecting the arm as well as the leg due to a lesion in the left posterior limb of the internal capsula. After treatment with intravenous thrombolysis the patient made a good recovery. Notably, in this case unilateral asterixis affected the arm as well as the leg, resulting in postural and gait instability. In addition, damage in the basal ganglia-thalamo-cortical network, as in our patient, has to be distinguished from other supratentorial causes of acute asterixis like thalamic or frontal lobe lesions linked to the cerebello-brainstem-thalamo-frontal lobe circuits.

PMID: 29593921 [PubMed]

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