title: [Cortico-basal degeneration: the rare form of tau protein disease].
abstract: Cortico-basal degeneration is a rare degenerative disease connected with Tau protein pathology. Epidemiology of cortico-basal degeneration is unknown. The authors present a case of 59 years old woman with suspicion of cortico-basal degeneration. The extrapyramidal symptoms mainly on the right side with "alien limb phenomenon" and dystonia of lower limb is observed in our patient. Cortico-subcortical brain atrophy was present in MRI scans. EEG was asymmetrical. No improvement was noticed after L-Dopa. Treatment of amantidine caused the transient improvement.
authors.affiliation: Dział Radiologii Dolnoślaskiego Szpitala Specjalistycznego im. T. Marciniaka-Centrum Medycyny Ratunkowej.
authors.forename: Sławomir
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Budrewicz
authors.forename: Magdalena
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Koszewicz
authors.forename: Małgorzata
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Góral
authors.forename: Krzysztof
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Słotwiński
authors.forename: Ryszard
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Podemski
authors.forename: Tomasz
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Turek
mesh_terms: D000978:Antiparkinson Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D001479:Basal Ganglia / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000473:pathology*; D002540:Cerebral Cortex / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000473:pathology*; D004569:Electroencephalography; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007980:Levodopa / Q000627:therapeutic use; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008875:Middle Aged; D009410:Nerve Degeneration / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000473:pathology*; D016875:tau Proteins / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D000978:Antiparkinson Agents; D016875:tau Proteins; D007980:Levodopa