Hemidystonia as presenting symptom of an optic glioma

W. P. Vandertop; D. J. Kamphuis; T. D. Witkamp

doi:https://doi.org/10.1007/s003810050087

Hemidystonia as presenting symptom of an optic glioma

W. P. Vandertop, D. J. Kamphuis, T. D. Witkamp

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Abstract

The first case is presented of an exophytic chiasmatic-hypothalamic glioma causing progressive hemidystonia in an 8-year-old boy, and all 24 reported cases of intraaxial cerebral tumours resulting in symptomatic hemidystonia are reviewed

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	289-292
Number of pages	4
Journal	Child s nervous system : ChNS
Volume	13
Issue number	5
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/s003810050087
Publication status	Published - May 1997

Keywords

Astrocytoma/complications
Child
Cranial Nerve Neoplasms/complications
Dominance, Cerebral/physiology
Dystonia/diagnosis
Humans
Hypothalamic Neoplasms/complications
Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Male
Neoplasm Recurrence, Local/complications
Neurologic Examination
Optic Chiasm/surgery
Optic Nerve Diseases/complications
Reoperation

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