Levodopa-Responsive Hemiparkinsonism Secondary to Cystic Expansion from a Coiled Cerebral Aneurysm

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Abstract

An 80-year-old woman with longstanding hemifacial spasm had a 1 cm × 1.5 cm internal carotid artery terminus aneurysm treated with endovascularly delivered bare metal coils. Follow-up imaging revealed an expansile perianeurysmal cyst that coincided with development of contralateral dopa-responsive hemiparkinsonism. This is the first report of perianeurysmal cyst expansion causing levodopa-responsive hemiparkinsonism.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)316-318
Number of pages3
JournalJournal of Neuroimaging
Volume25
Issue number2
DOIs
StatePublished - Mar 1 2015

Keywords

  • Aneurysm
  • Cyst
  • Hemifacial spasm
  • Levodopa
  • Parkinsonism

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