Wali G M
Department of Neurology, Jawaharlal Nehru Medical College, KLE Society's Hospital, Belgaum, Karnataka State, India.
J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry. 1993 Feb;56(2):209-10. doi: 10.1136/jnnp.56.2.209.
A patient manifested pathological laughter heralding the onset of brainstem stroke leading to a "locked-in" state. The pathological laughter did not recur. MRI revealed a bilateral ventral pontine infarct. The clinico-anatomical correlations of this rare phenomenon of fou rire prodromique are discussed.