Locked-in syndrome: a case report

Clin Electroencephalogr. 1994 Jan;25(1):40-3. doi: 10.1177/155005949402500111.

Abstract

A 46-year-old man developed a "locked-in" syndrome due to ventral pontine infarction. MRI showed abnormal signal intensity regions in the ventral pons. The EEG, BAEPs and SEPs were all within normal limits.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Brain Ischemia / diagnosis
  • Brain Ischemia / physiopathology
  • Cerebral Cortex / physiopathology
  • Dominance, Cerebral / physiology
  • Dysarthria / diagnosis
  • Dysarthria / physiopathology
  • Electroencephalography*
  • Evoked Potentials, Auditory, Brain Stem / physiology
  • Evoked Potentials, Somatosensory / physiology
  • Hemiplegia / diagnosis
  • Hemiplegia / physiopathology
  • Humans
  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging*
  • Male
  • Median Nerve / physiopathology
  • Middle Aged
  • Quadriplegia / diagnosis*
  • Quadriplegia / physiopathology