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| Year : 2018 | Volume
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| Issue : 3 | Page : 878-879 |
Sieve-like basal ganglia: A rare MRI presentation of vascular parkinsonism
Sunil Pradhan, Robin Bansal
Department of Neurology, Sanjay Gandhi Postgraduate Institute of Medical Sciences, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India
| Date of Web Publication | 15-May-2018 |
Correspondence Address:
Dr. Sunil Pradhan
Department of Neurology, Sanjay Gandhi Postgraduate Institute of Medical Sciences, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh
India
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DOI: 10.4103/0028-3886.232349
How to cite this article:
Pradhan S, Bansal R. Sieve-like basal ganglia: A rare MRI presentation of vascular parkinsonism. Neurol India 2018;66:878-9 |
An 87-year old male patient, a chronic tobacco chewer with long-standing diabetes mellitus and hypertension as well as history of two episodes of transient ischemic attacks in the recent past, presented with rapid loss of mobility due to marked rigidity in both lower limbs causing severe postural instability along with hypophonic speech and severe bradykinesia due to which he become chair-bound over a period of 2 months. These features were predominantly consistent with lower-body Parkinsonism More Details. There was no history of fluctuations in his cognition status, hallucinations, myoclonus, gaze restriction, or postural drop. Possibility of vascular parkinsonism, normal pressure hydrocephalus, or frontal lobe tumor were kept. Magnetic resonance imaging revealed a multi-infarct state of the basal ganglia, which presented an almost sieve-like appearance on axial planes [Figure 1]. There was no evidence of any hydrocephalus or a frontal lobe mass lesion on imaging. Finally, the clinico-radiological features were consistent with the diagnosis of vascular Parkinsonism.[1] | Figure 1: Axial T1 (a) and T2 (b) weighted MRI images showing sieve like basal ganglia
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