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Progressive Dystonia Following Resuscitation From Cardiac Arrest Neurol 40:1458-1461, Boylan,K.B.,et al, 1990 See this aricle in Pubmed Article Abstract We report a case of a 55-year-old man in whom progressive extrapyramidal disease developed nearly 1 year after resuscitation from cardiopulmonary arrest.Parkinsonian features evolved within 3 months,and progressive generalized dystonia developed after 11 months.CT and MRI revealed bilateral basal ganglia infarction.Autopsy after 4 years of illness showed bilateral basal ganglia necrosis with preserved corticospinal tracts.These findings support earlier suggestions that postinfarction dystonia is mediated by a pyramidal system lacking normal striatal control.

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