RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Contralateral disappearance of parkinsonian signs after subthalamic hematoma
JF Neurology
JO Neurology
FD Lippincott Williams & Wilkins
SP 255
OP 255
DO 10.1212/WNL.42.1.255
VO 42
IS 1
A1 Sellal, F.
A1 Hirsch, E.
A1 Lisovoski, F.
A1 Mutschler, V.
A1 Collard, M.
A1 Marescaux, C.
YR 1992
UL http://n.neurology.org/content/42/1/255.abstract
AB A man with Parkinson's disease (PD) suddenly developed a left hemiballismus, and the CT showed a hematoma of the right subthalamic nucleus. After the ballistic movements had disappeared, akinesia and the other parkinsonian signs did not reappear on the left. This clinical case confirms the involvement of the subthalamic nucleus in the akinesia of PD, as suggested by recent experimental data.