Hemidystonia as presenting symptom of an optic glioma

Childs Nerv Syst. 1997 May;13(5):289-92. doi: 10.1007/s003810050087.

Abstract

The first case is presented of an exophytic chiasmatic-hypothalamic glioma causing progressive hemidystonia in an 8-year-old boy, and all 24 reported cases of intraaxial cerebral tumours resulting in symptomatic hemidystonia are reviewed.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Astrocytoma / complications
  • Astrocytoma / diagnosis*
  • Astrocytoma / surgery
  • Child
  • Cranial Nerve Neoplasms / complications
  • Cranial Nerve Neoplasms / diagnosis*
  • Cranial Nerve Neoplasms / surgery
  • Dominance, Cerebral / physiology
  • Dystonia / diagnosis
  • Dystonia / etiology*
  • Humans
  • Hypothalamic Neoplasms / complications
  • Hypothalamic Neoplasms / diagnosis*
  • Hypothalamic Neoplasms / surgery
  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging
  • Male
  • Neoplasm Recurrence, Local / complications
  • Neoplasm Recurrence, Local / diagnosis
  • Neoplasm Recurrence, Local / surgery
  • Neurologic Examination
  • Optic Chiasm* / surgery
  • Optic Nerve Diseases / complications
  • Optic Nerve Diseases / diagnosis*
  • Optic Nerve Diseases / surgery
  • Reoperation