Clinical Neurology and Neurosurgery 1989
Pediatric brain stem tumor presenting as a pure motor hemiparesis.
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Abstract
The clinical syndrome of pure motor hemiparesis occurs with lacunar lesions in the internal capsule or in the basis pontis in hypertensive adults. It has been described in three patients with brain stem tumors of which two were children. A 3 1/2 years old boy with a brain stem tumor which presented as pure motor hemiparesis is described.