Primary central nervous system lymphoma in the SMA presenting as rapidly progressive parkinsonism.
We report on a 56-year-old man who developed a rapidly progressive parkinsonism and apraxia over 2 months due to biopsy confirmed cerebral non-Hodgkin lymphoma primarily involving the SMA and parts of the superior frontal gyrus bilaterally.
Haussermann
P
P
Department of Neurology, Klinikum rechts der Isar, TU Munich, Munich, Germany.
Wilhelm
T
T
Keinath
S
S
Stölzle
C
C
Conrad
B
B
Ceballos-Baumann
A
A
D001072:Apraxias / Q000209:etiology; D001707:Biopsy, Needle; D016543:Central Nervous System Neoplasms / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005625:Frontal Lobe / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009044:Motor Cortex / Q000473:pathology; D020734:Parkinsonian Disorders / Q000209:etiology*; D054198:Precursor Cell Lymphoblastic Leukemia-Lymphoma / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis*