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Age and Ageing Advance Access originally published online on March 12, 2009
Age and Ageing 2009 38(5):623-624; doi:10.1093/ageing/afp025
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Case Report

Pseudoperipheral palsy due to cortical infarction

Emma M. E. Rankin, Rayessa Rayessa and Sarah L. Keir

Department of Stroke Medicine, Western General Hospital, Edinburgh, Scotland, EH4 2HP, UK

Address correspondence to: R. Rayessa. Fax: +44 (0)1482 674026. Email: rayessa{at}btinternet.com

Abstract

We present two cases of isolated hand weakness that were initially thought to be due to lower motor neurone lesions until subsequent MRI confirmed strokes in both. Small strokes are important to identify in order to optimise secondary prevention.

Keywords: stroke, cortical infarction, pseudoperipheral palsy, elderly

Received 15 August 2008; accepted in revised form 30 January 2009.


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