Progressive dystonia following resuscitation from cardiac arrest
- 1 September 1990
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wolters Kluwer Health in Neurology
- Vol. 40 (9) , 1458
- https://doi.org/10.1212/wnl.40.9.1458
Abstract
We report a case of a 55-year-old man in whom progressive extrapyramidal disease developed nearly 1 year after resuscitation from cardiopulmonary arrest. Parkinsonian features evolved within 3 months, and progressive generalized dystonia developed after 11 months. CT and MRI revealed bilateral basal ganglia infarction. Autopsy after 4 years of illness showed bilateral basal ganglia necrosis with preserved corticospinal tracts. These findings support earlier suggestions that postinfarction dystonia is mediated by a pyramidal system lacking normal striatal control.This publication has 1 reference indexed in Scilit:
- Hemidystonia: a report of 22 patients and a review of the literature.Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery & Psychiatry, 1985