Pseudoakathisia from an acquired lesion

Akathisia, "inability to remain seated," is a common condition in patients medicated with neuroleptics, and also occurs in other medication regimens. Only a few cases of akathisia resulting from focal lesions have been publis hed. These cases suggest that differing lesion sites are sufficient for pro ducing objective or subjective akathisia. The authors present a patient wit h akathisia who had no subjective complaints, suggesting that a combined ba sal ganglia and frontal lobe lesion may lead to objective akathisia (pseudo akathisia).