J Korean Neurol Assoc > Volume 20(1); 2002 > Article

Journal of the Korean Neurological Association 2002;20(1): 86-88.

"시상경색 환자에서 PhenytoIn에 의해 유발된 비대칭성 고정자세불능증"

유봉구 , 박영혁 김광수 유경무

고신대학교 의학부 신경과학교실

"Asymmetric Asterixis Induced by Phenytoin in a Patient with Thalamic Infarction"

Bong-Goo Yoo

Department of Neurology, Kosin University College of Medicine

Abstract

"Asterixis is an abrupt, brief, arrhythmic lapse of tonically contracting muscles. A 64-year old woman with a left thalamic infarction showed asymmetric bilateral asterixis after taking phenytoin for the control of thalamic pain. Though thalamic lesion can cause asterixis, her asterixis may have been induced by phenytoin, because it was bilateral and subsided after stopping phenytoin. We report an unusual case of asymmetric asterixis induced by phenytoin in a patient with a left thalamic infarction.Key Words : Asterixis, Phenytoin, Thalamic infarction"