Table 4

 Abnormal movement and imaging features of 16 patients with post-stroke dystonia

Patient no./sex/age (years)Clinical featuresCT scan or MRI
Type of dystonia: S, spontaneous; A, intensified by action; M, mobile dystonic spasms causing repetitive dystonic posture; F, fixed, present at rest and action but not intensified by action
CT, computed tomography; MRI, magnetic resonance imaging.
1/F/68Cranial and right foot tremor S, dystoniaLeft putaminal capsular infarct
2/F/65Right hemidystonia, cranial dystonia S, MBilateral temporal infarct
3/M/32Left hemidystonia S, MRight putaminal capsular infarct
4/F/60Oromandibular, right cervical dystonia S, MLeft parieto-occipital haematoma
5/M/27Left hemidystonia S, A, MRight pallidocapsular lacunar, left caudate head and right thalamic medial infarcts
6/F/71Blepharospasm S, MLeft lenticular lacunar infarct
7/F/86Abulia, blepharospasm S, MLenticular infarcts and bilateral radiate corona
8/M/36Cranial lingual dystonia S, A, MRight frontal haematoma
9/F/25Upper left limb dystonia S, A, FRight putaminocapsular infarct
10/M/24Generalised dystonia S, MLeft globus pallidus infarct
11/F/17Left hemidystonia S, MRight parietal haematoma
12/F/63Left foot dystonia ARight paramedian thalamic and lenticulocapsular infarcts
13/F/40Right hand dystonia S, ALeft medial and lateral pontine haematoma
14/F/40Right hemidystonia A, MLeft medial and lateral infarct of pons and right striatal infarct
15/M/36Oromandibular, left hand dystonia, S, A, M and tremorRight frontal haematoma
16/F/77Left foot dystonia S, A, FRight posterolateral thalamocapsular haematoma