Neurodegenerative disorders mimicking progressive supranuclear palsy: a report of three cases.
Progressive supranuclear palsy (PSP) is rarely confused with other parkinsonian disorders once the vertical gaze palsy appears. Corticobasal degeneration is the most common differential diagnostic entity. We describe three cases diagnosed during life as PSP but found to have another neurologic disorder at autopsy. No explanation for the gaze palsies was found in any case.
Murphy
Marjorie A
MA
Department of Ophthalmology, Rhode Island Hospital, Brown Medical School (MAM), RI 02903, USA. MargieMurphy@cox.net
Friedman
Joseph H
JH
Tetrud
James W
JW
Factor
Stewart A
SA
D000368:Aged; D001921:Brain / Q000473:pathology*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D019636:Neurodegenerative Diseases / Q000473:pathology* / Q000503:physiopathology*; D015835:Ocular Motility Disorders / Q000209:etiology*; D013494:Supranuclear Palsy, Progressive / Q000473:pathology / Q000503:physiopathology*