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15804250

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
4
pubmed:dateCreated
2005-4-4
pubmed:abstractText
Astasia, inability to stand unsupported despite good strength, resembles the marked balance impairment of patients with vestibulocerebellar disease. We describe a patient with unilateral thalamic infarct that presented with astasia. A 76-year-old hypertensive woman was admitted to our hospital because of marked unsteadiness. On neurological examination, she could not stand unsupported and the woman's body swayed back and forth markedly. The swaying was not compensated for by her taking a step forward or backward, and she frequently collapsed when support was withdrawn. Diffusion-weighted magnetic resonance image revealed a discrete infarct within the right posterolateral thalamus. Brain single photon emission computerized tomography revealed markedly decreased regional cerebral blood flow within in the right thalamus with concomitant left superior cerebellar region. We discuss the possible pathomechanisms of thalamic astasia.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Apr
pubmed:issn
1351-5101
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
12
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
317-9
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2005
pubmed:articleTitle
Thalamic infarct presenting with thalamic astasia.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Neurology, School of Medicine, Ajou University, Suwon, South Korea. phisland@chol.net
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Case Reports