title: Biceps pain as the presenting symptom of Parkinson disease: effective treatment with L-dopa.
abstract: Parkinson disease can present remarkably as shoulder pains that may long precede the clinical diagnosis. A case is presented in which, during a 2-year period, both lower biceps brachii became exquisitely painful, with both the pain and the "frozen shoulders" responding promptly to the initiation of L-dopa therapy.
authors.affiliation: Department of Physiology and Biophysics, University of South Florida School of Medicine, Tampa, FL, USA. drgg22@tampabay.rr.com
authors.forename: Gordon J
authors.initials: GJ
authors.lastname: Gilbert
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000978:Antiparkinson Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007980:Levodopa / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D018482:Muscle, Skeletal / Q000473:pathology*; D010300:Parkinson Disease / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy*; D020069:Shoulder Pain / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy*
chemical_list: D000978:Antiparkinson Agents; D007980:Levodopa