Oral dyskinesias associated with bilateral thalamo-capsular infarction

O Combarros; A Gutiérrez; J Pascual; J Berciano

doi:10.1136/jnnp.53.2.168

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.

Authors

O Combarros¹, A Gutiérrez, J Pascual, J Berciano

Affiliation

¹ Service of Neurology, National Hospital Marqués de Valdecilla, Faculty of Medicine, Santander, Spain.

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

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