SOMATOTOPIC LOWER MONOBALLISM FOLLOWING HEMORRHAGE IN THE SUBTHALAMICNUCLEUS

Authors
OHNISHI J
Citation
J. Ohnishi, SOMATOTOPIC LOWER MONOBALLISM FOLLOWING HEMORRHAGE IN THE SUBTHALAMICNUCLEUS, Acta neurologica Scandinavica, 88(1), 1993, pp. 75-77
Citations number
12
Categorie Soggetti
Clinical Neurology
Journal title
Acta neurologica Scandinavica → ACNP
ISSN journal
00016314
Volume
88
Issue
1
Year of publication
1993
Pages
75 - 77
Database
ISI
SICI code
0001-6314(1993)88:1<75:SLMFHI>2.0.ZU;2-Z
Abstract
A 62-year-old man presented with monoballism of the right leg. Magneti c resonance images revealed a small hemorrhagic focus confined to the caudal portion of the left subthalamic nucleus. The monoballism disapp eared after a short time, without treatment. This is the first report of lower monoballism with single subthalamic lesion. The findings in t his case support the theory of somatotopic correspondence in the subth alamic nucleus.