Parkinsonism following bilateral hypoxic-ischemic lesions of the striatum.

Abstract	A 40-year-old white male received cardio-pulmonary resuscitation after cardiac arrest due to an epileptic status. Four months after the incident he developed an akinetic-rigid syndrome and a postural tremor more pronounced on the right side of the body. Brain imaging revealed bilateral lesions of the putamen and caudate nucleus. Levodopa improved bradykinesia and muscular rigidity, but not the postural tremor.
Authors	Dennis A Nowak, Andreas Bock, Matthias Ponfick, Hans-Jürgen Gdynia
Journal	Journal of neurology (J Neurol) Vol. 259 Issue 5 Pg. 895-7 (May 2012) ISSN: 1432-1459 [Electronic] Germany
PMID	22015964 (Publication Type: Case Reports, Journal Article)
Chemical References	Anticonvulsants Antiparasitic Agents
Topics	Adult Anticonvulsants (therapeutic use) Antiparasitic Agents (therapeutic use) Corpus Striatum (pathology) Epilepsy, Temporal Lobe (drug therapy) Humans Hypoxia-Ischemia, Brain (complications) Magnetic Resonance Imaging Male Parkinsonian Disorders (drug therapy, etiology, pathology) Tomography, X-Ray Computed

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