Striopallidodentate calcification and progressive supranuclear palsy-like phenotype in a patient with idiopathic hypoparathyroidism.
We present a 77-year-old woman with levodopa-nonresponsive parkinsonism, dementia, and supranuclear gaze palsy on vertical and horizontal gaze. Laboratory findings were consistent with idiopathic hypoparathyroidism, and brain computed tomography showed extensive bilateral calcifications of the basal ganglia, centrum semiovale, dentate nuclei, and cerebellar white matter. These results illustrate that striopallidodentate calcification due to hypoparathyroidism may present with symptoms mimicking progressive supranuclear palsy.
Kim
Tae-Won
TW
Department of Neurology, The Catholic University of Korea, Seoul, Korea.
Park
In-Seok
IS
Kim
Sung-Hoon
SH
Lee
Kwang-Soo
KS
Kim
Yeong-In
YI
Kim
Joong-Seok
JS