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Postura de descerebración - Información general

Definición:

Es una postura corporal anormal que involucra extensión rígida de los brazos y las piernas, inclinación de los dedos de los pies hacia abajo y arqueo de la cabeza hacia atrás.

Consideraciones generales:

La causa usual de la postura de descerebración es una lesión cerebral severa a nivel del tronco encefálico.

La posición de opistótonos (un espasmo muscular severo de cuello y espalda) puede acompañar la postura de descerebración en casos severos.

La postura de descerebración puede ocurrir en un lado, en ambos lados o sólo en los brazos; puede alternar con postura de decorticación (postura anormal debido a una lesión en el fascículo corticoespinal) o la persona puede tener postura de decorticación en un lado y postura de descerebración en el otro.

Causas comunes:

  • Fecha de revisión: 4/30/2007
  • Versión en inglés revisada por:Joseph V. Campellone, M.D., Division of Neurology, Cooper University Hospital, Camden, NJ. Review provided by VeriMed Healthcare Network.
  • Traducción y localización realizada por: DrTango, Inc
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