• Stroke · Oct 1997

    Case Reports

    Fou rire prodromique heralding a left internal carotid artery occlusion.

    • C Carel, J F Albucher, C Manelfe, B Guiraud-Chaumeil, and F Chollet.
    • INSERM U455, hôpital Purpan, Toulouse, France.
    • Stroke. 1997 Oct 1; 28 (10): 2081-3.

    BackgroundFour rire prodromique, described as pathological laughter preceding the onset of an apoplectic attack, is a rare phenomenon.Case DescriptionA 61-year-old man manifested pathological laughter before a sudden right hemiplegia. MRI showed a left lenticular and caudate nucleus infarct with involvement of the external capsule and prerolandic area. MRA revealed a left internal carotid and middle cerebral artery occlusion.ConclusionsThe clinicoanatomic correlates of this phenomenon are discussed.

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