Kernohan's Notch: A Forgotten Cause of Hemiplegia—CT Scans Are Useful in This Diagnosis

Hemiparesis ipsilateral to a cerebral lesion can be a false localizing sign. This is due to midline shift of the midbrain resulting in compression of the contralateral pyramidal fibers on the tough dural reflection tentorium cerebelli. This may result in partial or complete damage to these fibers. S...

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Autores principales: Panikkath, Ragesh, Panikkath, Deepa, Lim, Sian Yik, Nugent, Kenneth
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2013
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3853108/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24348572
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2013/296874

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3853108/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24348572
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2013/296874

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