Pure motor hemiplegia secondary to brain-stem tumour.
Publication/Presentation Date
12-1-1975
Abstract
'Pure motor hemiplegia' is a common stroke syndrome defined by Fisher as paralysis of face, arm, and leg on one side, unaccompanied by sensory signs, visual field defect, aphasia, or apractognosia. It occurs almost exclusively in hypertensive patients and carried a good prognosis. We report a case of a normotensive patient in whom pure motor hemiplegia was the presenting feature, not of a cerebrovascular syndrome, but of a pontine glioblastoma. We note that brain-stem tumours may masquerade as brain-stem strokes.
Volume
38
Issue
12
First Page
1240
Last Page
1243
ISSN
0022-3050
Published In/Presented At
Levitt, L. P., Selkoe, D. J., Frankenfield, B., & Schoene, W. (1975). Pure motor hemiplegia secondary to brain-stem tumour. Journal of neurology, neurosurgery, and psychiatry, 38(12), 1240–1243. https://doi.org/10.1136/jnnp.38.12.1240
Disciplines
Medicine and Health Sciences
PubMedID
176327
Department(s)
Department of Medicine
Document Type
Article