Progressive dyskinesia due to internal cerebral vein thrombosis

Neurology. 1982 Jul;32(7):769-72. doi: 10.1212/wnl.32.7.769.

Abstract

A 9 1/2-year-old boy developed a progressive dyskinesia 7 years after an angiographically demonstrated internal cerebral vein thrombosis. CT revealed bilateral thalamic lesions, more severe on the side contralateral to the movement disorder, without striatal involvement. This is a rare example of survival after internal cerebral vein thrombosis in a child and demonstrates that movement disorders may be delayed consequences of childhood stroke.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Brain / blood supply
  • Child, Preschool
  • Humans
  • Intracranial Embolism and Thrombosis / complications*
  • Intracranial Embolism and Thrombosis / diagnostic imaging
  • Male
  • Movement Disorders / etiology*
  • Thalamic Diseases / diagnostic imaging
  • Thalamic Diseases / etiology
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed