A mesencephalic locked-in syndrome
β Scribed by I. Dehaene; R. Dom
- Book ID
- 104717750
- Publisher
- Springer
- Year
- 1982
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 754 KB
- Volume
- 227
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0340-5354
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The locked in syndrome seldom occurs in children, is rarely due to trauma and only in exceptional cases has a favourable outcome. The case reported below is unusual in all these respects, and its evolution might be an example of successful axonal regeneration in the central nervous system.
Two young patients are described who made good recoveries from a "locked-in" syndrome presumed to be due to ventral pontine ischemia. The first patient recovered completely from quadriplegia and mutism. In the second patient the only permanent sequellae were slight dysarthria and mild spasticity. Si