Aggressive behavior and posterior cerebral artery stroke.

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Serval ID
serval:BIB_D069B06C6BF3
Type
Article: article from journal or magazin.
Publication sub-type
Case report (case report): feedback on an observation with a short commentary.
Collection
Publications
Title
Aggressive behavior and posterior cerebral artery stroke.
Journal
Archives of Neurology
Author(s)
Botez S.A., Carrera E., Maeder P., Bogousslavsky J.
ISSN
0003-9942
Publication state
Published
Issued date
07/2007
Peer-reviewed
Oui
Volume
64
Number
7
Pages
1029-1033
Language
english
Notes
Case Reports Botez, Stephan A Carrera, Emmanuel Maeder, Philippe Bogousslavsky, Julien United States Archives of neurology Arch Neurol. 2007 Jul;64(7):1029-33. --- Old month value: Jul
Abstract
OBJECTIVE: To describe the mechanisms leading to aggressive behavior among patients with acute posterior cerebral artery stroke. DESIGN, SETTING, AND PATIENTS: We prospectively included all of the patients with posterior cerebral artery stroke and aggressive behavior admitted to our department from January 1, 2003, to December 31, 2004. Patients with history of stroke, cognitive impairment, or prior history of psychiatric disease were excluded. RESULTS: Aggressive behavior was found in 3 patients (7.3%) among 41 patients with posterior cerebral artery stroke. One patient had right occipitotemporal and ventrolateral thalamic stroke. The second patient had left occipitotemporal and lateral thalamic stroke. The third patient had right isolated occipital stroke. In addition to a contralateral homonymous hemianopsia, the patients, who were physically and emotionally balanced before the stroke, suddenly manifested an acute, unusual, aggressive behavior. The patients became agitated and aggressive when they were stimulated by the environment, and they responded to solicitation by their relatives or medical personnel by shouting obscenities and hitting and biting others. In all of the 3 cases, temporary physical restraint was required and neuroleptics were administered. This unusual behavioral pattern resolved within 2 weeks after stroke. CONCLUSIONS: Aggressive behavior is a rare presentation of acute posterior cerebral artery stroke, which may be difficult to diagnose in patients presenting with hemianopsia as the only concomitant neurological sign. The postulated mechanisms include dysfunction of the limbic or serotoninergic system.
Keywords
Aged, Aged, 80 and over, Aggression/physiology, Antipsychotic Agents/therapeutic use, Brain/blood supply, Brain/pathology, Disease Progression, Functional Laterality/physiology, Hemianopsia/etiology, Hemianopsia/pathology, Humans, Infarction, Posterior Cerebral Artery/complications, Infarction, Posterior Cerebral Artery/pathology, Limbic System/blood supply, Limbic System/pathology, Male, Mental Disorders/etiology, Mental Disorders/pathology, Occipital Lobe/blood supply, Occipital Lobe/pathology, Posterior Cerebral Artery/anatomy &amp, histology, Posterior Cerebral Artery/pathology, Predictive Value of Tests, Prospective Studies, Temporal Lobe/blood supply, Temporal Lobe/pathology, Thalamus/blood supply, Thalamus/pathology, Tomography, X-Ray Computed, Visual Pathways/blood supply, Visual Pathways/pathology
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Web of science
Open Access
Yes
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11/04/2008 9:23
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20/08/2019 16:50
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