Three Cases of Progressive Supranuclear Palsy

J Korean Neurol Assoc > Volume 9(4); 1991 > Article

Journal of the Korean Neurological Association 1991;9(4): 465-470.

진행성 핵상마비 3예

권순희, 김진호,이명식,최일생,김원천

연세대학교 신경과. 서울일심의원

Three Cases of Progressive Supranuclear Palsy

Soon Hee Kwon, M.D., Jin Ho Kim, M.D., Myung Sik Lee, M.D., Il Saing Choe, M.D., Won Tsen Kim*

Dep. Of Neurology, Yondong Severance Hospital, Yonsei University Il Sim Clinics*, Seoul

Abstract

Progressive supranuclear palsy (PSP) is a kind of chronic neurodegenerative diseases, the main clinical characteristics of which are loss of voluntary control of vertical gaze, particularly downgaze, dysarthria. Diffuse body rigidity with dystonic extension of the peck, and dementia In its earlier stages, PSP can be misdiagnosed as Parkinson's disease because of lack of awareness of the disease and symptoms and signs may not be diagnostic until the disease is advanced. About 4% of all patients with parkinson's disease turn out eventually to have progressive supranuclear palsy. We report the three cases of PSP with MRI brain scan.