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17705041

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
11
pubmed:dateCreated
2007-10-25
pubmed:abstractText
In 1929, Critchley introduced the term "vascular parkinsonism" (VP), which has been the subject of considerable controversy in neurology. Parkinsonism does not appear to be a frequent consequence of striatal infarcts, although unilateral parkinsonism has been reported as an acute or subacute onset syndrome following strategic infarcts in the striatum. Previous 123-I ioflupane SPECT (DaTSCAN) studies involving radioisotope labeling of the dopamine transporter protein at presynaptic level in patients with IPD (idiopathic Parkinson's disease) have found this technique to be highly sensitive in exploring the nigrostriatal pathway. Previous studies of VP with DatSCAN have been inconclusive. The present study correlates clinical data (unilateral parkinsonism following contralateral lenticular infarction), and radiological (CT/MRI) and functional neuroimaging findings (DatSCAN) in 5 patients with CT/MRI criteria for striatal infarcts. Finally, in 2 of these patients a diagnosis of IPD was made because of the follow-up of clinical signs and pathological DaTSCAN findings not concordant with the size and location of the vascular lesion.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:issn
0300-9564
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
114
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
1463-7
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2007
pubmed:articleTitle
Subacute hemicorporal parkinsonism in 5 patients with infarcts of the basal ganglia.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Neurology, Hospital General, Ciudad Real, Spain. juliavaamonde@hotmail.com
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article