[Cortico-basal degeneration: the rare form of tau protein disease].
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.
Budrewicz
Sławomir
S
Dział Radiologii Dolnoślaskiego Szpitala Specjalistycznego im. T. Marciniaka-Centrum Medycyny Ratunkowej.
Koszewicz
Magdalena
M
Góral
Małgorzata
M
Słotwiński
Krzysztof
K
Podemski
Ryszard
R
Turek
Tomasz
T
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*
D000978:Antiparkinson Agents; D016875:tau Proteins; D007980:Levodopa