Early-onset dystonia after supplementary motor area infarction

Kazutaka Nishimura; Toshiyuki Uehara; Kazunori Toyoda

doi:10.1016/j.jstrokecerebrovasdis.2013.09.028

Early-onset dystonia after supplementary motor area infarction

J Stroke Cerebrovasc Dis. 2014 May-Jun;23(5):1267-8. doi: 10.1016/j.jstrokecerebrovasdis.2013.09.028. Epub 2014 Jan 7.

Authors

Kazutaka Nishimura¹, Toshiyuki Uehara², Kazunori Toyoda¹

Affiliations

¹ Department of Cerebrovascular Medicine, National Cerebral and Cardiovascular Center, Suita, Osaka, Japan.
² Department of Cerebrovascular Medicine, National Cerebral and Cardiovascular Center, Suita, Osaka, Japan. Electronic address: tuehara@ncvc.go.jp.

PMID: 24406027
DOI: 10.1016/j.jstrokecerebrovasdis.2013.09.028

Abstract

A 63-year-old patient with the right supplementary motor area infarct developed early-onset dystonia in the left upper extremity. The mechanisms involved in the genesis of focal dystonia are discussed with emphasis on cortical basal ganglia circuit and efferent projections from the supplementary motor area.

Keywords: Movement disorders; acute onset; dystonia; infarction; supplementary motor cortex.

Publication types

Case Reports
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Brain Infarction / complications*
Brain Infarction / diagnosis
Brain Infarction / physiopathology
Diffusion Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Dystonia / diagnosis
Dystonia / etiology*
Dystonia / physiopathology
Humans
Male
Middle Aged
Motor Cortex / physiopathology*
Time Factors
Upper Extremity / innervation*