title: Marked asymmetry of putaminal pathology in an MSA-P patient with Pisa syndrome.
abstract: We report on an autopsy case of a 62-year-old Japanese woman with a 2.5-year history of axial dystonia. She presented with a form of axial dystonia reminiscent of Pisa syndrome. The pathophysiological mechanism underlying forms of axial dystonia remains to be elucidated. We report here the histopathological findings of a multiple system atrophy of parkinsonian predominance (MSA-P) patient with Pisa syndrome.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurology and Geriatrics, Gifu University, School of Medicine, Gifu, Japan. ihozumi@cc.gifu-u.ac.jp
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Hozumi
authors.forename: Y S
authors.initials: YS
authors.lastname: Piao
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Inuzuka
authors.forename: Z
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Matsuyama
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Yamada
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Hara
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Hirose
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Tsuchiya
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Takahashi
mesh_terms: D001284:Atrophy / Q000473:pathology; D004421:Dystonia / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008875:Middle Aged; D019578:Multiple System Atrophy / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology; D020734:Parkinsonian Disorders / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis*; D011699:Putamen / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D015899:Tomography, Emission-Computed, Single-Photon