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Erschienen in: Acta Neurologica Belgica 1/2019

08.09.2018 | Letter to the Editor

Bilateral thalamic and basal ganglia lesions in an old woman: unusual involvement of uremic encephalopathy

verfasst von: Jeong-Yoon Lee, Kayeong Im, Kyum-Yil Kwon

Erschienen in: Acta Neurologica Belgica | Ausgabe 1/2019

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Clinical manifestation of uremic encephalopathy is variable including altered consciousness, confusion, seizure, or movement disorders such as tremor, myoclonus, dyskinesia, or Parkinsonism. Typical radiologic manifestation of uremic encephalopathy is involvement of basal ganglia, cortex or white matter, except thalamus [1, 2]. Recently, Jia et al. reported a case of uremic encephalopathy with metabolic acidosis showing isolated brainstem lesion [3]. However, to the best of our knowledge, a case of uremic encephalopathy involving thalamus in addition to basal ganglia has not been reported. …
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Metadaten
Titel
Bilateral thalamic and basal ganglia lesions in an old woman: unusual involvement of uremic encephalopathy
verfasst von
Jeong-Yoon Lee
Kayeong Im
Kyum-Yil Kwon
Publikationsdatum
08.09.2018
Verlag
Springer International Publishing
Erschienen in
Acta Neurologica Belgica / Ausgabe 1/2019
Print ISSN: 0300-9009
Elektronische ISSN: 2240-2993
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s13760-018-1020-y

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