Neuroimaging of bilateral caudate infarction manifesting as Parkinsonian gait disorder.
Neurobehavioral changes characterize the clinical presentation of bilateral caudate infarction. We describe an 82-year-old man who presented with a Parkinsonian gait disorder in the absence of behavioral abnormality whose diffusion-weighted imaging demonstrated infarction of the caudate nuclei.
Finelli
Pasquale F
PF
Department of Neurology, Hartford Hospital, University of Connecticut School of Medicine, Hartford, CT 06102-5037, USA. Pfinell@harthosp.org
Gupta
Fiona
F
Zeevi
Neer
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D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D020520:Brain Infarction / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy; D002421:Caudate Nucleus / Q000098:blood supply* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D038524:Diffusion Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D020233:Gait Disorders, Neurologic / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010302:Parkinson Disease, Secondary / Q000209:etiology*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed