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ArticleThe Journal of international medical research2021

Damage to the central nucleus of the thalamus via atypical Holmes tremor: a case report.

Huan Zhao, Min Shi, Fang Yang, Dongdong Yang, Xiaolin Hou, Xuhong Yang

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Article in The Journal of international medical research, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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Huan ZhaoHospital of Chengdu University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Chengdu, Sichuan Province, PR China.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7459-6922
Min ShiHospital of Chengdu University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Chengdu, Sichuan Province, PR China.
Fang YangHospital of Chengdu University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Chengdu, Sichuan Province, PR China.
Dongdong YangHospital of Chengdu University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Chengdu, Sichuan Province, PR China.
Xiaolin HouHospital of Chengdu University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Chengdu, Sichuan Province, PR China.
Xuhong YangHospital of Chengdu University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Chengdu, Sichuan Province, PR China.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0702-3075

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Holmes tremor (HT) is a rare symptomatic movement disorder characterized by a combination of resting, postural, and action tremors. HT is usually caused by lesions in the brain stem, thalamus, and cerebellum, and the pathogenesis is believed to be related to the nigrostriatal pathway and/or the cerebello-thalamo-cortical pathway. Many medications have been used to treat HT with various degrees of effectiveness. We herein present a case involving an elderly woman who developed atypical HT 23 months after cerebral hemorrhage. The atypical HT manifested as a tremor of the right limb with involuntary flexion of the distal five fingers of the right upper limb. Imaging findings suggested the existence of an old hemorrhage in the left thalamus. Specifically, diffusion tensor imaging data of the whole brain and multimodal three-dimensional medical imaging revealed significant white matter microstructural changes in the centromedian nucleus of the left thalamus. Treatment with high-dose oral levodopa was not efficient, but the symptoms gradually decreased in severity and disappeared 1 month after switching to oral clonazepam treatment.

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