Acute head- and gaze deviation, facial asymmetry and anarthria mimicking stroke, caused by short circuit in deep brain stimulation

We report here the case of a patient with acute onset of head- and gaze deviation, anarthria, and facial asymmetry who received intravenous thrombolysis for suspected cerebral ischemia and was subsequently found to have a causal short circuit of a DBS electrode.
Source: BRAIN STIMULATION: Basic, Translational, and Clinical Research in Neuromodulation - Category: Neurology Authors: Source Type: research