[Parkinson syndrome, frontal tumor and L-dopa].
A case of frontal astrocytoma revealed by an extrapyramidal syndrome and improved by L-DOPA treatment is reported. Thus, at least partly, parkinsonian signs were provoked by dysfunction of the central dopaminergic systems.
D000328:Adult; D001254:Astrocytoma / Q000150:complications*; D001932:Brain Neoplasms / Q000150:complications*; D005625:Frontal Lobe; D006801:Humans; D007980:Levodopa / Q000627:therapeutic use; D008297:Male; D010302:Parkinson Disease, Secondary / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000209:etiology*
D007980:Levodopa
Syndrome parkinsonien, tumeur frontale et L-dopa.