RESTLESS LEGS SYNDROME IN A PATIENT WITH INTRACEREBRAL HEMORRHAGE: A CASE REPORT

Authors

Georgios Efstathiou
Konstantinos Ntasopoulos
Aimilios Gkantzios
Theodoros Avramidis

Keywords:

intracerebral hemorrhage, thalamus, restless legs syndrome

Abstract

Restless legs syndrome is a sensorimotor disorder with unclear etiology. Rarely the syndrome may be
caused by a stroke affecting subcortical structures. Here we present the case of a patient who developed
the syndrome after bilateral thalamic hemorrhage.