Complex stereotypies after right putaminal infarction: A case report

✍ Scribed by D. M. Maraganore; A. J. Lees; Professor C. D. Marsden

• Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
• Year: 1991
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 559 KB
• Volume: 6
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0885-3185
• DOI: 10.1002/mds.870060418

✦ Synopsis

A 17-year-old boy is described who experienced circling behavior interrupting his gait and complex stereotyped movements of the hands after a complicated repair of an aortic coarctation. An MRI scan showed a right putaminal infarct. The boy's behavior and stereotypies bear a close resemblance to those found in autism.