Abstract

We report a patient with hydrocephalus who developed levodopa responsive parkinsonism and severe bradyphrenia associated with shunt malfunction and revision. Magnetic resonance imaging revealed periaqueductal edema involving medial substantia nigra. [18F]dopa positron emission tomography demonstrated reduced uptake in the caudate and putamen with relative sparing of the posterior putamen. Hydrocephalus associated with shunt malfunction can cause a distinct parkinsonian syndrome with greater dysfunction of projections from the medial substantia nigra to anterior striatum than in idiopathic Parkinson's disease.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)1617-1619
Number of pages3
JournalJournal of Neurology, Neurosurgery and Psychiatry
Volume75
Issue number11
DOIs
StatePublished - Nov 2004

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