Decorticate Posturing Dementia
Alzheimer s disease pathology and treatment.
Decorticate posturing dementia. Decorticate posturing is also called decorticate response decorticate rigidity flexor posturing or colloquially mummy baby. Decorticate posture is stiff with legs held out straight fists. Brain death decorticate posturing persistent vegetative state and locked in syndrome.
Chapter 11 lecturio clinical neurology. Patients with decorticate posturing present with the arms flexed or bent inward on the chest the hands are clenched into fists and the legs extended and feet turned inward. List of 341 causes for decorticate posture and dementia alternative diagnoses rare causes misdiagnoses patient stories and much more.