Dystonia Following Head Trauma 1 Case

J Korean Neurol Assoc > Volume 13(4); 1995 > Article

Journal of the Korean Neurological Association 1995;13(4): 1046-1050.

두부 손상후에 발생한 이긴장증 1예

최병옥, 손영호, 김돈수, 곽용태, 이명식

연세대학교 신경과

Dystonia Following Head Trauma 1 Case

Byung Ok Choi, M.D., Young Ho Sohn, M.D., Don Soo Kim, M.D., Yong Tae Kwak, M.D., and Myung Sik Lee, M.D.

Department of Neurology, Yonsei University College of Medicine

Abstract

A14-year-old male developed generalized dystonia following head trauma caused by a traffic accident. The tremulous movements with abnormal posture started in the left extremities at about 45 days, then spreaded to the right side at 4 months, and eventually to the neck turing to the right side at 13 months after the accident. He also showed mild degree of intellectual impairment, but no other focal neurological signs and symptoms. T2-weighted brain MRI revealed multiple high signal lesions scattered over corpus callosum, deep white matter and right thalamus.