title: Acute and subacute akinetic-rigid parkinsonian syndrome mimicking a meningoencephalitis.
abstract: Four cases of acute and subacute akinetic-rigid parkinsonian syndrome are described. The clinical picture initially simulated a meningoencephalitis, which was escluded by the negative CSF findings and the aspecific electroencephalogram. In the first case the parkinsonism was attributable, also on the basis of the autoptic findings, to the prolonged neuroleptic therapy; in the other cases a toxic-infectious condition, through a damage on liver function, revealed a subclinical latent parkinsonian syndrome.
authors.affiliation: Istituto delle Malattie Nervose e Mentali, Università di Firenze.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Maurri
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Groppi
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Marini
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Barontini
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease; D000368:Aged; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004569:Electroencephalography; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008590:Meningoencephalitis / Q000175:diagnosis*; D008875:Middle Aged; D010300:Parkinson Disease / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000503:physiopathology; D013577:Syndrome