Can you give me information about akinetic mutism? - thalamic infarct
I am a medical student and one of my patients are in this situation. She is 20 years and had gone to surgery for pancreatic cancer in 20 days. after the operation was not awakened from the anesthesia and when he he was in this situation. Neurology wrote in his file that had a thalamic infarction. I do not know if it is connected to the anesthesia or surgery ...
Thursday, February 18, 2010
Thalamic Infarct Can You Give Me Information About Akinetic Mutism?
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Akinetic mutism is a medical term used to describe patients who do not usually speak to) (mute or move () akinesis. It is the result of serious injuries in the frontal lobe in the pattern of inhibitory control is an increasing passivity and gradually closing speech and movement.
ReplyDeleteAn example of a cause of this disorder is an olfactory groove meningioma. We also note in the final stages of Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (a rare degenerative brain) and letharica in cases of acute encephalitis. It can happen in a stroke that both anterior cerebral regions are affected.
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Akinetic mutism is a medical term used to describe patients who do not usually speak to) (mute or move () akinesis. It is the result of serious injuries in the frontal lobe in the pattern of inhibitory control is an increasing passivity and gradually closing speech and movement.
ReplyDeleteAn example of a cause of this disorder is an olfactory groove meningioma. We also note in the final stages of Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (a rare degenerative brain) and letharica in cases of acute encephalitis. It can happen in a stroke that both anterior cerebral regions are affected.