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Posttraumatic akinetic-rigid syndrome resembling Parkinson's disease: A report on three patients

2000; Wiley; Volume: 15; Issue: 2 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1002/1531-8257(200003)15

1531-8257

Mohit Bhatt, Joy Desai, Ami Mankodi, Mikhail A. Elias, Noshir Wadia,

Traumatic Brain Injury and Neurovascular Disturbances

We describe three patients who developed a rapidly evolving posttraumatic akinetic-rigid syndrome (ARS), the clinical manifestations of which were similar to Parkinson's disease, including response to levodopa. Despite initial imaging studies showing traumatic damage to the substantia nigra, the ARS appeared after a delay of 1–5 months after the injury. We stress the importance of magnetic resonance imaging to illustrate nigral damage in all patients in whom head trauma precedes an ARS.