Dystonia as a Presenting Feature of Acute Ischemic Stroke: A Case Report and Literature Review

Hypokinetic and hyperkinetic movement disorders can occur post-stroke. Of these, dystonia is known to occur in the chronic stage of stroke. Rarely, acute dystonia can present as a symptom of acute ischemic stroke or develop during hospitalization for ischemic stroke. In this article, we present a ca...

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Autores principales: Roman Casul, Yoram A, Humbert, Meghan L, Farooqui, Amreen, Wagle Shukla, Aparna, Nagaraja, Nandakumar
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2021
Materias:
Neurology
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8448260/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34540493
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.17272
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Sumario:Hypokinetic and hyperkinetic movement disorders can occur post-stroke. Of these, dystonia is known to occur in the chronic stage of stroke. Rarely, acute dystonia can present as a symptom of acute ischemic stroke or develop during hospitalization for ischemic stroke. In this article, we present a case of acute focal dystonia as a presenting symptom of acute ischemic stroke, review the literature to summarize previous reports, and provide more insight into the pathophysiologic mechanisms related to this presentation.

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