Erschienen in:
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
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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. …