Incomplete Locked-in Syndrome

Abstract

In this paper, we present a case of 62 year-old male with quadriplegia, dysarthria and preserved consciousness. Our case belongs to the incomplete variety of locked-in syndrome due to pontine infarction, because beside the vertical eye movements and eye lid movements, the patient had horizontal eye movements and finger movements on the right side. In general, the basilar artery occlusion is associated with poor outcome, however the urgent thrombolytic therapy may increase the chances to survive. The prognosis of our patient was disquieting and he died after 6 weeks from the onset.

Keywords

• locked-in syndrome
• basilar artery thrombosis