PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Burton, K.
AU  - Farrell, K.
AU  - Li, D.
AU  - Calne, D. B.
TI  - Lesions of the putamen and dystonia
AID  - 10.1212/WNL.34.7.962
DP  - 1984 Jul 01
TA  - Neurology
PG  - 962--962
VI  - 34
IP  - 7
4099  - http://n.neurology.org/content/34/7/962.short
4100  - http://n.neurology.org/content/34/7/962.full
SO  - Neurology1984 Jul 01; 34
AB  - We studied posthemiplegic hemidystonia in an adult, and generalized dystonia in two children. CT and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) studies in the adult revealed infarction of the contralateral putamen and, to a much lesser extent, the head of the caudate nucleus. Both children had subacute encephalopathies (possible Leigh's disease), and CT revealed bilateral putamen lesions when generalized dystonia was the predominant clinical disorder. These cases and other reports of symptomatic dystonia suggest that lesions of the putamen correlate with dystonia.