Reversible parkinsonism from shunt failure.
Parkinsonism developed as the result of shunt malfunction in a 16-year-old girl with aqueductal stenosis. Her symptoms responded to levodopa and shunt revision. Possible pathogenetic mechanisms are discussed.
D000293:Adolescent; D001932:Brain Neoplasms / Q000150:complications; D002555:Cerebrospinal Fluid; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006849:Hydrocephalus / Q000601:surgery*; D010302:Parkinson Disease, Secondary / Q000209:etiology*; D010537:Peritoneum; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000209:etiology*; D013681:Tegmentum Mesencephali