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decorticate rigidity [1 record]

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Record 1 1998-07-20

English

Subject field(s)
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DEF

Rigidity in which the upper arms are held tight to the sides with elbows, wrists and fingers flexed. The legs are extended and internally rotated. This posture implies a destructive lesion of the corticospinal tracts within or very near the cerebral hemispheres.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Symptômes (Médecine)
DEF

Rigidité analogue à la rigidité de décérébration, mais s'en distinguant par l'attitude en flexion des avant-bras et des poignets et par celle, en adduction, du bras. Elle a été observée cliniquement dans certaines encéphalites et au cours de traumatismes crâniens graves.

Spanish

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