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8952357

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
7
pubmed:dateCreated
1997-1-21
pubmed:abstractText
Decerebrate spasm is a generalized muscular spasm produced by some stimuli on decerebrate posture. Such spasm are called "tonic fit" or "decerebrate extensor spasm". We reported a 50-year-old man with periodic decerebrate spasm after cerebral hemorrhage. On admission, the patient was comatose. The pupils were round but anisocoric and did not react to light. Corneal reflexes were absent. The face, arms, and legs did not move voluntarily. Two weeks after admission, he was found in decerebrate rigidity. Periodic decerebrate spasms were also observed and were accompanied by ocular dipping. Cheyne-Stokes respiration, and hypersympathetic activity (transiently dilated pupils, hypertension, tachycardia). These symptoms persisted for two months and were induced by painful or sonic stimuli and suppressed by sleep, sedative or antiedematous drugs. The cycle was 0.6 approximately 0.7 per minute in accord with that of Cheyne-Stokes respiration. Magnetic resonance imaging revealed an area of low signal intensity in the midbrain to the bottom of the pons caused by the tentorial herniation on T1-weighted images. From the the clinical features and results of MRI studies, we considered that dysfunction of the midbrain to the pons in addition to diffuse cerebral dysfunction played some role in the manifestation of periodic decerebrate spasm with ocular dipping.
pubmed:language
jpn
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jul
pubmed:issn
0009-918X
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
36
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
881-5
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1996
pubmed:articleTitle
[Periodic decerebrate spasm with ocular dipping, Cheyne-Stokes respiration and hypersympathetic activity].
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Neurology, Nanasawa Rehabilitation Hospital.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, English Abstract, Case Reports