Parkinsonism after acute cadmium poisoning.
A 64-year-old man suffered from acute exposure to cadmium, followed by multiple organ failure. Three months after exposure, the patient developed parkinsonian features. The case suggests that cadmium intoxication may damage the basal ganglia, resulting in parkinsonism.
Okuda
B
B
Hyogo College of Medicine, Fifth Department of Internal Medicine, Nishinomiya, Japan.
Iwamoto
Y
Y
Tachibana
H
H
Sugita
M
M
D000208:Acute Disease; D001480:Basal Ganglia Diseases / Q000150:complications* / Q000209:etiology*; D002105:Cadmium Poisoning / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis; D002544:Cerebral Infarction / Q000473:pathology; D005625:Frontal Lobe / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009102:Multiple Organ Failure; D010296:Parietal Lobe / Q000473:pathology; D010300:Parkinson Disease / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology*