Rest tremor and extrapyramidal symptoms after midbrain haemorrhage: clinical and 18F-dopa PET evaluation.
case_report · Level V
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Abstract
A 25 year old man had an acute subarachnoid haemorrhage due to the rupture of a right peduncular subthalamic arteriovenous malformation. Seven months later he developed a left rest tremor associated with mild bilateral extrapyramidal symptoms and responsive to levodopa treatment. Surface EMG recording showed synchronous activity of agonist and antagonist muscles in the left limbs. A PET 18F-dopa study showed a large decrease of the Ki value in the right striatum. One year after the stroke a persistent postural component developed in the tremor.
Medical subject headings
- Basal Ganglia Diseases
- Dihydroxyphenylalanine
- Fluorine Radioisotopes
- Intracranial Arteriovenous Malformations
- Mesencephalon
- Rest
- Subarachnoid Hemorrhage
- Thalamus
- Tomography, Emission-Computed
- Tremor