Three Cases of Hemiparkinsonism-hemiatrophy Syndrome

J Korean Neurol Assoc > Volume 23(6); 2005 > Article

Journal of the Korean Neurological Association 2005;23(6): 823-826.

반파킨슨-반위축 증후군 3예

박민정, 천상명 김재우

동아대학교 의과대학 신경과학교실

Three Cases of Hemiparkinsonism-hemiatrophy Syndrome

Min Jeong Park

Department of Neurology, Dong-A University College of Medicine, Busan, Korea

Abstract

Hemiparkinsonism with hemiatrophy (HP-HA) syndrome is characterized by a predominant unilateral parkisonism associated with ipsilateral body and/or contralateral brain abnormality. We report three cases of Hemiparkinsonism- hemiatrophy, which is a rare form of secondary parkinsonism. One patient revealed motor complication in the involved limb suggesting that the degeneration of nigrostriatal pathway as the underlying mechanism in this disorder. The functional neuro-imaging can play an important role to verify the cortical abnormalities when structural changes are not evident in brain MRI. KeyWords:Hemiparkinsonism-hemiatrophy, Parkinsonism, Neuroimaging