BASAL GANGLIA ARTERIOVENOUS MALFORMATION PRESENTING AS WRITERS CRAMP

Authors
KURITA H SASAKI T SUZUKI I KIRINO T
Citation
H. Kurita et al., BASAL GANGLIA ARTERIOVENOUS MALFORMATION PRESENTING AS WRITERS CRAMP, Child's nervous system, 14(6), 1998, pp. 285-287
Citations number
19
Categorie Soggetti
Clinical Neurology",Pediatrics,Surgery
Journal title
Child's nervous system → ACNP
ISSN journal
02567040
Volume
14
Issue
6
Year of publication
1998
Pages
285 - 287
Database
ISI
SICI code
0256-7040(1998)14:6<285:BGAMPA>2.0.ZU;2-4
Abstract
A 12-year-old girl with a 3-year history of writer's cramp in associat ion with a basal ganglia arteriovenous malformation (AVM) is reported. The lesion was localized to the left globus pallidus and putamen, ext ending to the adjacent white matter of the frontal lobe. Our experienc e confirms a common anatomical basis of symptomatic focal dystonia: di sruption of the pathways within and adjacent to these structures. Appr opriate imaging should be carried out in patients with unexplained mov ement disorders.