Lownie S P, Gilbert J J
Department of Pathology (Neuropathology), University of Western Ontario, London, Canada.
Clin Neuropathol. 1990 Jan-Feb;9(1):46-50.
An unusual case of severe hemichorea in an elderly hypertensive woman, precipitating acute pulmonary edema, is presented. There were small cystic infarctions in the contralateral neostriatum and thalamus, and intact subthalamic nuclei. The clinicopathologic correlation of hemichorea and hemiballismus is reviewed, and its relationship with the results of recent neuroanatomic research is discussed.
本文报道了一例老年高血压女性发生严重偏身舞蹈症并引发急性肺水肿的罕见病例。对侧新纹状体和丘脑存在小囊性梗死灶，而底丘脑核完整。本文回顾了偏身舞蹈症和偏身投掷症的临床病理相关性，并讨论了其与近期神经解剖学研究结果的关系。
