Focal limb dystonia caused by a complication of the cerebellar developmental venous anomaly: a case report
- Title
- Focal limb dystonia caused by a complication of the cerebellar developmental venous anomaly: a case report
- Author
- 정수진
- Keywords
- Dystonia; Cerebellum; Dentate nucleus; Developmental venous anomaly
- Issue Date
- 2019-09
- Publisher
- BMC
- Citation
- BMC NEUROLOGY, v. 19, no. 1, article no. 218
- Abstract
- Background: There are no established theories regarding the role of the cerebellum in dystonia. We report a case of focal limb dystonia secondary to a vasogenic edema of the dentate nucleus caused by a symptomatic developmental venous anomaly.
Case presentation: A 44-year-old woman presented with sudden onset dystonia in her left arm for 1 week. Brain imaging revealed vasogenic edema in the deep white matter of the left cerebellar hemisphere, including the left dentate nucleus, secondary to a developmental venous anomaly. F-18-fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography images showed hypometabolism in the corresponding cerebellar deep nuclei without the involvement of other brain regions. She was treated with a steroid. At the one-month follow-up, computed tomography scan demonstrated remission of the cerebellar edema, which was thought to be the cause of dystonia.
Conclusions: This case demonstrates that the cerebellum has an important role in the development of dystonia. Further studies are needed to elucidate the relationship between dystonia and cerebellar dysfunction.
- URI
- https://bmcneurol.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12883-019-1446-8https://repository.hanyang.ac.kr/handle/20.500.11754/154010
- ISSN
- 1471-2377
- DOI
- 10.1186/s12883-019-1446-8
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