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[Pseudoathetosis after medullar and pontine hemorrhage]
L Torres1, C Cosentino, R Suárez
1Unidad de Movimientos Involuntarios; Instituto de Ciencias Neurológicas Oscar Trelles Montes, Lima, 01, Perú. torresl@terra.com.pe
Revista De Neurologia
|May 4, 2002
Abstract
Introduction:
Athetosis is a slow and purposeless involuntary movement which changes in frequency, severity. The term pseudoathetosis is used when this movement is associated with proprioceptive sensory impairment.
Clinical Case:
A 63 year old man developed right medulla and pons hemorrhage and presented loss of proprioception in left hemibody and athetosis movements in left hand.
Conclusion:
We report a case of pseudoathetosis associated with loss of proprioceptive sensation.