Cervico-shoulder dystonia following lateral medullary infarction: a case report and review of the literature

Cervico-shoulder dystonia following lateral medullary infarction: a case report and review of the literature

Abstract Background Secondary cervical dystonia is induced by organic brain lesions involving the basal ganglia, thalamus, cerebellum, and brain stem. It is extremely rare to see cervical dystonia induced by a medullary lesion. Case presentation We report a case of an 86-year-old Japanese woman who...

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Main Authors: Takashi Ogawa, Yuri Shojima, Takuma Kuroki, Hiroto Eguchi, Nobutaka Hattori, Hideto Miwa
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2018-02-01
Series:Journal of Medical Case Reports
Subjects:
Cervical dystonia
Lateral medullary infarction
Opalski’s syndrome
Literature review
Case report
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13256-018-1561-y

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