Akinetic mutism after right internal watershed infarction
Lim, Y.C.; Ding, C.S.L.; Kong, K.H.
Singapore Medical Journal 48(5): 466-468
2007
ISSN/ISBN: 0037-5675 PMID: 17453106 Document Number: 608009
We describe a 72-year-old man who developed akinetic mutism following a cerebrovascular accident involving his right internal watershed area and responded well to dopaminergic agonists. We discuss this rare condition and the unusual unilateral location of the lesion.
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