title: [Vascular Wallerian degeneration on magnetic resonance in a patient with probable progressive supranuclear palsy: aetiology or casual link?].
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Neurofisiologia Clínica, Universidade Estácio de Sá, Campus Nova Firburgo, RJ, Brasil. prarosa@terra.com.br
authors.forename: Paulo Roberto Alves
authors.initials: PR
authors.lastname: Rosa
authors.forename: Cesar Ribeiro
authors.initials: CR
authors.lastname: Ferreira
mesh_terms: 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