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Case Reports
. 1981 Apr;31(4):484-6.
doi: 10.1212/wnl.31.4_part_2.484.

Paraballism caused by bilateral hemorrhagic infarction in basal ganglia

J Lodder, W C Baard
Case Reports

Paraballism caused by bilateral hemorrhagic infarction in basal ganglia

J Lodder et al. Neurology. 1981 Apr.

Abstract

Bilateral ballism developed gradually in a 75-year-old woman after head trauma. Computerized tomography revealed bilateral hemorrhagic infarction in the head of the caudate nucleus and the putamen. Haloperidol abolished the symptoms completely within 2 days. After 18 days, haloperidol was gradually withdrawal over 16 days. The patient remained without ballistic movements thereafter.

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