Case Reports
Parakinesia Brachialis Oscitans – a Rare Post-Stroke Phenomenon
Authors:
- Abhishek Chowdhury
- Amlan Kusum Datta
- Samar Biswas
- Atanu BiswasEmail Atanu Biswas
Abstract
Background: Abnormal involuntary movement of paralyzed upper limb during yawning is a rare phenomenon termed as parakinesia brachialis oscitans.
Case Report: We describe a 59-year-old gentleman with abnormal involuntary movement of paralyzed right upper limb during yawning 2 weeks following ischemic stroke of left middle cerebral artery territory.
Discussion: This is a rare post-stroke phenomenon and its pathophysiological mechanism is poorly understood but this entity highlights possible preserved extrapyramidal pathway which might help in rehabilitating stroke survivors.
- Year: 2022
- Volume: 12
- Page/Article: 6
- DOI: 10.5334/tohm.680
- Submitted on 2 Jan 2022
- Accepted on 23 Feb 2022
- Published on 11 Mar 2022
- Peer Reviewed