Citation

Chang B, Morariu MA. Eur. Neurol. 1979; 18(6): 391-394.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1979, Karger Publishers)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

546662

Abstract

The first clinical case of transient traumatic locked-in syndrome is presented. The locked-in state lasted for 3 months. The patient's neurologic deficit and the abnormal auditory evoked responses pointed to a lesion involving the left pons and ventral midbrain. The locked-in syndrome caused by a traumatic damage of the brain stem structures can be transient and thus it may have a better prognosis than the locked-in syndrome secondary to the occlusion of the basilar artery.

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