Decorticate Posturing Dementia

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Decorticate posturing dementia. Decorticate posturing a sign of severe damage to the brain is a specific type of involuntary abnormal posturing of a person. Chapter 16 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.

Brain death decorticate posturing persistent vegetative state and locked in syndrome. Decorticate posturing is also called decorticate response decorticate rigidity flexor posturing or colloquially mummy baby. Chapter 11 lecturio clinical neurology.