Permanent isolated micrographia from traumatic basal ganglia injury.

Affiliation

Division of Neurosurgery, Department of Surgery, Stollery Childrens' Hospital, University of Alberta, 8215 112 Street Northwest, Edmonton, AB, T6G 2B7, Canada. [Email]

Abstract

Micrographia is a rare neurological finding in isolation. Most cases of isolated micrographia have been found in association with focal ischemia of the left basal ganglia. Here, we present a case of post-traumatic micrographia stemming from contusion to the left basal ganglia.