LOCKED IN SYNDROME SECONDARY TO BASILAR ARTERY THROMBOSIS
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The locked in syndrome is a rare neurologic disorder defined by the presence of sustained eye opening, preserved awareness, aphonia hypophonia, quadriplegia or quadriparesis, a primary mode of communication that uses vertical or lateral eye movement or blinking. Most common etiology is ventral pontine stroke is caused by vertibrobasilar artery thrombosis or occlusion.Prognosis depends on the etiology whether vascular or no vascular. Recovery is better in nonvascular etiology. Early rehabilitation program will assist the patient in attaining the highest level of function possible. In this paper a case of locked in syndrome has been reviewed.
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