Wednesday 18 July 2012

185.UNILATERAL ASTEREXIS SEEN IN

A.HEPATIC FAILURE
B.RENAL FAILURE
C.PARIETAL LESION
D.TEMPORAL LESION

ANS:PARIETAL LESION

These are most commonly due to focal brain lesions in the genu and anterior portion of the internal capsule or ventrolateral thalamus. Lesions in the midbrain, parietal cortex, and medial frontal cortex may also cause unilateral asterixis

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