[Vascular Wallerian degeneration on magnetic resonance in a patient with probable progressive supranuclear palsy: aetiology or casual link?].
Progressive supranuclear palsy (PSP) is one of the most important causes of parkinsonism non responsive to therapy. Vascular parkinsonism is not uncommon. However, the cause-effect relationship between them is uncertain. We report on a 65 year old man with probable PSP who developed the clinical features of the disease after a ischaemic stroke. Magnetic resonance imaging disclosed a corticospinal tract Wallerian degeneration. There is not such an observation in the literature about this possible correlation.
Rosa
Paulo Roberto Alves
PR
Neurofisiologia Clínica, Universidade Estácio de Sá, Campus Nova Firburgo, RJ, Brasil. prarosa@terra.com.br
Ferreira
Cesar Ribeiro
CR
D000368:Aged; D002545:Brain Ischemia / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D013494:Supranuclear Palsy, Progressive / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology; D014855:Wallerian Degeneration / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology