[Dystonia caused by putamino-capsulo-caudate infarction in a child]

Three cases of stroke in childhood are reported. In the 3 cases, an infarct involved the territory of the striato-lenticular arteries. Clinically, there was a pure motor hemiplegia and a dystonia which appeared while the hemiplegia was disappearing. The dystonic syndrome due to stroke appears only if an ischaemic lesion involves the putaminal-capsular-caudate territory, and more often in childhood.