title: L-dopa resistant parkinsonism in an adult woman with a cyst in the posterior fossa.
abstract: We report a case of a woman with L-Dopa resistant asymmetrical parkinsonism with a posterior fossa cyst compressing the lower brainstem on MR. She did not show improvement in any of her symptoms after cysto-cardiac derivation. It was not possible to delineate if this was a case of a new malformative syndrome or the coincidence of two different disorders.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurology, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Vaudois, CHUV Lausanne.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Ghika
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: De Tribolet
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Regli
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Uské
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001927:Brain Diseases / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000523:psychology; D001933:Brain Stem / Q000473:pathology; D003388:Cranial Fossa, Posterior; D003560:Cysts / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000523:psychology; D003616:Dandy-Walker Syndrome / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000523:psychology; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007980:Levodopa / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D009460:Neurologic Examination / Q000187:drug effects; D010302:Parkinson Disease, Secondary / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000523:psychology
chemical_list: D007980:Levodopa