Is Decorticate Posturing Reversible

Decorticate posturing is a type of abnormal or pathologic posturing not to.

Is decorticate posturing reversible. Abstract reversible decerebrate and decorticate postures ordinarily indicate advanced and irreversible disease of the brain but in three patients these postures were a presenting feature of. Decerebrate or decorticate posturing is a rare manifestation of he. Our patient presented with a mild degree of hepatic encephalopathy which rapidly progressed to coma with decerebrate posturing.

Though decerebrate posturing implies a destructive structural lesion it can also be caused by reversible metabolic disturbances such as hypoglycemia and hepatic encephalopathy. Through animal models and human studies it has been shown that the vestibulospinal tract plays a major role in decerebrate posturing.