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Rest tremor and extrapyramidal symptoms after midbrain haemorrhage: clinical and 18F-dopa PET evaluation.
  1. G L Defer,
  2. P Remy,
  3. D Malapert,
  4. F Ricolfi,
  5. Y Samson,
  6. J D Degos
  1. Départment de Neurosciences, Hôpital Henri Mondor, Créteil, France.

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.

https://doi.org/10.1136/jnnp.57.8.987

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