RT Journal Article SR Electronic T1 Lesions of the putamen and dystonia JF Neurology JO Neurology FD Lippincott Williams & Wilkins SP 962 OP 962 DO 10.1212/WNL.34.7.962 VO 34 IS 7 A1 Burton, K. A1 Farrell, K. A1 Li, D. A1 Calne, D. B. YR 1984 UL http://n.neurology.org/content/34/7/962.abstract 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.