Abstract

LEON-SARMIENTO, Fidias E. et al. Hemiplegia with two Babinski´s sign. Medicina (B. Aires) [online]. 2007, vol.67, n.4, pp.374-376. ISSN 0025-7680.

Neurological signs and symptoms are very important to establish a correct neurological diagnosis. We present here a Colombian female patient, 60 yearsold, who had ischaemic stroke in the left cerebral media artery. It produced right hemiplegia, motor aphasia, "central" facial palsy and atrophy of right platysma muscle. This latter finding, described originally by Joseph Babinski as "The Babinski Sign" was observed only two years and seven months after the ictus even when she had, previously, been evaluated by several neurologists. The underdiagnosis of clinical signs like the one described here may lead to erroneous diagnosis that will, ultimately, affect neurorehabilitation measures.

Keywords : Cerebrovascular disease; Babinski´s sign; Babinski´s reflex; Neurorehabilitation.

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