Diffusion tensor tractography in two cases of kernohan-woltman notch phenomenon
- Authors
- Jang, S.-G.; Pyun, S.-B.
- Issue Date
- 2013
- Keywords
- Diffusion tractography; Hemiplegia; Pyramidal tract; Traumatic brain injury
- Citation
- Annals of Rehabilitation Medicine, v.37, no.6, pp.879 - 885
- Indexed
- SCOPUS
KCI
- Journal Title
- Annals of Rehabilitation Medicine
- Volume
- 37
- Number
- 6
- Start Page
- 879
- End Page
- 885
- URI
- https://scholar.korea.ac.kr/handle/2021.sw.korea/105903
- DOI
- 10.5535/arm.2013.37.6.879
- ISSN
- 2234-0645
- Abstract
- Kernohan-Woltman notch phenomenon (KWP) is an ipsilateral motor weakness due to compression of the contralateral cerebral peduncle. We report two cases of KWP following traumatic brain injury. In case 1, ipsilateral hemiplegia was noted after right subdural hemorrhage. Although magnetic resonance imaging showed no abnormal signal changes on cerebral peduncle, diffusion tensor tractography (DTT) revealed interruption of corticospinal tract (CST) at lower level of the midbrain level. In case 2, there was abnormal signal change of the right cerebral peduncle contralateral to the primary lesion and we could not reconstruct right CST. Case 1 showed unsatisfactory motor recovery even after 15 months, and follow-up DTT showed no change. In case 2, follow-up DTT was not performed, but her ipsilateral hemiparesis had almost disappeared during the 15 months. DTT would be useful in detecting ipsilateral hemiparesis due to KWP and the clinical course may differ according to the lesion characteristics. © 2013 by Korean Academy of Rehabilitation Medicine.
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