Two Cases of Chorea Caused by Caudate Infarct

J Korean Neurol Assoc > Volume 4(2); 1986 > Article

Journal of the Korean Neurological Association 1986;4(2): 260-262.

미상핵 경색증에 의한 무도병 2예

이성수, 김원천, 최일생

연세대학교 신경과.

Two Cases of Chorea Caused by Caudate Infarct

Sung-Soo Lee, M.D., Won-Tsen Kim, M.D., Il-Saing Choi, M.D.

Department of Neurology, Yong Dong Severance Hospital, Yonsei University, College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea

Abstract

In the 2 patients with hemichorea brain CT scan reveals hypodensity on the contralateral caudate nucleus and the region near contralateral caudate nucleus. The pathoanatomy of similar cases in literature are reviewed with the reference to the location of responsible lesions.

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