Case of Hemiplegia

A Case of Hemiplegia

A case of striatal hemiplegia.

In man, pure lesions of the striatum (putamen and caudate nucleus) are rare. Diseases which affect the striatum preferentially (Huntington's chorea, Wilson's disease, encephalopathy of the Jakob-Creutzfeldt type, some forms of arterial disease) almost always involve other basal nuclei, cerebral cortex, or white matter to some extent, and the clinical picture is more or less complicated (Martin,...

A Case of Hemiplegia, Succeeded by Mania

Tlliam Jac^fon, a private foldier, twenty' two years old, was fuddenly feized, o11 the 2d of Sept. 1780, with a great numbnefs ?n his left fide, and immediately after perceived he had in a great meafure loft; the ufe of all his ?|imbs of that fide. He was carried to the hofp1' tal, where I found him the next morning labouring under a confiderable ftupor, and deprived of ftlmoft all voluntary po...

A Case of Hemiplegia Complicating Typhoid Fever

Hemiplegia is one of the rare complications of typhoid fever. Osier and McCrae in their " Modern Medicine," 3rd edition, do not giv? any actual figures. Tice, in his 11 Practice ol Medicine," quotes 42 cases collected by Smithies of which six were fatal. Whatever the actual number of cases, cerebral lesions complicating typhoid are sufficiently uncommon to call for note. A girl of fourteen year...

Hemiplegia in Men: A Case Study

Hemiplegia, or paralysis of one side of the body, is caused by injury or illness (for example, a stroke), and leads to other disabilities. People with hemiplegia are limited physically in their daily activities. This limitation affects their social well-being and thus can lead to depression. This paper provides a comprehensive literature review on hemiplegia in men. A single case study of a man...