[Unusual pyramidal pathology syndrome]

A syndrome is described comprising: 1, impossibility to close only one eye (right or left) at a time, or each eye alternatively with intact capability of closing both eyes; 2, unvoluntary screwing up of an eye during voluntary closing of another (palpebro-palpebral synkinesia); 3, head turning to the side of an eye closed (palpebrocervical synkinesia); 4, with the hands clenched, left thumb is over the right, as is the left arm over the right when folded. The syndrome is supposed to be related with consealed lefthandedness which is presumably indicative of lateralization of the dominant speech center. If this is correct, the syndrome may have a distinct topical diagnostic value.