Parkinsonism due to a basal ganglia lacunar state: clinicopathologic correlation.
We report a patient with a clinical syndrome indistinguishable from Parkinson's disease in which postmortem examination revealed extensive lacunar infarction of the basal ganglia without evidence of coexistent Parkinson's disease. This case provides pathologic confirmation of the concept of vascular parkinsonism.
Murrow
R W
RW
Department of Neurology, University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City 66103.
Schweiger
G D
GD
Kepes
J J
JJ
Koller
W C
WC
D000368:Aged; D001479:Basal Ganglia / Q000098:blood supply* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D002536:Cerebral Arteries / Q000473:pathology; D002544:Cerebral Infarction / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010300:Parkinson Disease / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed