Papillary Meningioma Presenting as Rapidly Progressive Dementia and Parkinsonism
Dementia and Neurocognitive Disorders
;
: 81-85, 2013.
Artigo
em Inglês
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ABSTRACT
There are a variety of different causes of parkinsonism including PD, secondary parkinsonism, and the parkinsonism plus syndromes. Secondary parkinsonism is caused by structural, toxic, metabolic, or infectious mechanisms. Among structural causes, intracranial neoplasms are a rare cause of secondary parkinsonism. Moreover, there are almost never case reports with intracranial space-occupying lesions resulting in parkinsonism associated with rapid cognitive impairment. Therefore, we report herein a 37-year-old woman diagnosed with papillary meningioma who presented with parkinsonism associated with rapidly progressive cognitive impairment mimicking diffuse Lewy body disease.
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Assunto principal:
Doença de Parkinson Secundária
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Neoplasias Encefálicas
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Transtornos Parkinsonianos
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Doença por Corpos de Lewy
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Demência
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Meningioma
Limite:
Adulto
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Feminino
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Humanos
Idioma:
Inglês
Revista:
Dementia and Neurocognitive Disorders
Ano de publicação:
2013
Tipo de documento:
Artigo
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