J Clin Neurol.  2006 Sep;2(3):209-211. 10.3988/jcn.2006.2.3.209.

Isolated Shoulder Weakness due to a Small Cortical Infarction

Affiliations
  • 1Department of Neurology, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea. dwkang@amc.seoul.kr

Abstract

Small cortical infarctions can produce isolated motor paresis in the upper extremities. Several cases of isolated hand or finger paresis have been reported, but isolated shoulder weakness is extremely rare. We report here a patient who developed isolated shoulder weakness due to a small cortical infarction in the medial precentral gyrus.

Keyword

Cortical infarction; Shoulder weakness; Precentral gyrus

MeSH Terms

Fingers
Hand
Humans
Infarction*
Paresis
Shoulder*
Upper Extremity

Figure

  • Figure 1 Diffusion-weighted MRI revealed multiple acute infarctions in the right frontotemporal area and periventricular deep white matter. A small cortical infarction is located in the right precentral gyrus medial to the precentral knob (arrow).


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