Oral dyskinesias associated with bilateral thalamo-capsular infarction

J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry. 1990 Feb;53(2):168-9. doi: 10.1136/jnnp.53.2.168.

Abstract

Involuntary mouthing movements indistinguishable from neuroleptic-induced tardive dyskinesia followed stroke in a woman whose computed tomographic (CT) scan showed bilateral thalamo-capsular infarction.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Cerebral Infarction / physiopathology*
  • Dominance, Cerebral / physiology*
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Movement Disorders / physiopathology*
  • Thalamus / blood supply*
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed
  • Tongue / innervation*
  • Tongue Habits*