LOCKED-IN SYNDROME WITH BILATERAL PEDUNCULAR INFARCT

Authors
PARK SA SOHN YH KIM WC
Citation
Sa. Park et al., LOCKED-IN SYNDROME WITH BILATERAL PEDUNCULAR INFARCT, Journal of neuroimaging, 7(2), 1997, pp. 126-128
Citations number
12
Categorie Soggetti
Clinical Neurology","Radiology,Nuclear Medicine & Medical Imaging
Journal title
Journal of neuroimaging → ACNP
ISSN journal
10512284
Volume
7
Issue
2
Year of publication
1997
Pages
126 - 128
Database
ISI
SICI code
1051-2284(1997)7:2<126:LSWBPI>2.0.ZU;2-#
Abstract
Locked-in syndrome due to midbrain infarct is very rare. This report d escribes a patient with locked-in syndrome whose magnetic resonance im ages showed bilateral infarcts in the cerebral peduncle. Cerebral angi ography disclosed bilateral irregular thrombotic narrowing of the vert ebral and proximal basilar arteries with rostral basilar artery occlus ion, a previously unreported finding.