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21485169

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
3
pubmed:dateCreated
2011-4-11
pubmed:abstractText
Three months prior to presentation, a 76-year-old woman suffered from insomnia and was prescribed some antidepressants and hypnotics. At that time, brain MRI showed no cerebral infarcts. Having developed an action tremor of the left hand, bradykinesia, and unstable gait, she visited our hospital. Neurological examination revealed rigidity of the neck and left limbs, clumsiness of the left hand, action tremor, and decreasing swing of the left arm while walking. 123I-metaiodobenzylguanidine scintigraphy showed no decrease of the heart/mediastinum ratio. The second MRI showed an old cerebral infarct located just in the right external segment of the globus pallidus. Since drug-induced parkinsonism was suspected, paroxetine and trazodone were discontinued, but her symptoms did not improve. We concluded that her hemiparkinsonism was due to the cerebral infarct in the right external segment of the globus pallidus, because her symptoms did not respond to dopamine agonist and L-dopa therapy, and the onset of symptoms corresponded with the time of appearance of the cerebral infarct. This is a rare case that is important for understanding the mechanism of parkinsonism.
pubmed:language
jpn
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Mar
pubmed:issn
0009-918X
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
51
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
215-8
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2011
pubmed:articleTitle
[Hemiparkinsonism due to a solitary infarction of the right external segment of the globus pallidus: a case report].
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Neurology, Kanazawa Medical Center.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, English Abstract, Review, Case Reports