Subacute parkinsonism from a single lacunar infarct in the basal ganglia.
The authors describe the case of a patient showing a lateralized and subacute parkinsonism with CT-evidence of a single lacunar infarct in the contralateral basal ganglia. The vascular origin of this type of subacute parkinsonism is emphasized.
Lazzarino
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Divisione di Neurologia, Presidio Ospedaliero, Gorizia.
Nicolai
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Toppani
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D000368:Aged; D001480:Basal Ganglia Diseases / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D002544:Cerebral Infarction / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D010300:Parkinson Disease / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology*; D011859:Radiography