Camptocormia in idiopathic Parkinson's disease: [123I] β-CIT SPECT and clinical characteristics

European Neurology

Volumn 50, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 118-120

  Holler, Iris ^a   Dirnberger, Georg ^a   Pirker, Walter ^a   Auff, Eduard ^a   Gerschlager, Willibald ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN; BACLOFEN; CABERGOLINE; CLONAZEPAM; DOPAMINE RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; GABAPENTIN; IODINE 123; LEVODOPA; ROPINIROLE; STEROID;

ADULT; AGED; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BINDING AFFINITY; BLOOD CHEMISTRY; BODY POSTURE; BONE ATROPHY; CAMPTOCORMIA; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CORPUS STRIATUM; DISEASE COURSE; DYSTONIA; FATIGUE; HUMAN; IDIOPATHIC DISEASE; MALE; PARKINSON DISEASE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; PUTAMEN; SCORING SYSTEM; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; SPONDYLOARTHROPATHY; THORACOLUMBAR SPINE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TRUNK;

AGED; COCAINE; DYSTONIA; HUMANS; LUMBOSACRAL REGION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARKINSON DISEASE; POSTURE; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; SPINE; THORACIC VERTEBRAE; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED, SINGLE-PHOTON;

EID: 0141568292     PISSN: 00143022     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000072514     Document Type: Article

References (8)

1. Djaldetti R, Mosberg-Galili R, Sroka H, Merims D, Melamed E: Camptocormia (bent spine) in patients with Parkinson's disease - Characterization and possible pathogenesis of an unusual phenomenon. Mov Disord 1999; 14:443-447.
2. Friedman JH: Episodic camptocormia in PD. Mov Disord 2001;166: 1201.
3. Nieves AV, Miyasaki JM, Lang AE: Acute onset dystonic camptocormia caused by lenticular lesions. Mov Disord 2001;16:177-180.
4. 123I-β-CIT SPECT: Binding kinetics and effects of normal aging. J Nucl Med 2000;41:36-44.
5. Zwecker M, Iancu I, Zeilig G, Ohry A: Camptocormia: A case of possible paraneoplastic aetiology. Clin Rehab 1998;12:157-160.
6. Van Gerpen JA: Camptocormia secondary to early amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. Mov Disord 2001;16:358-360.
7. Wunderlich S, Csoti I, Reiners K, et al: Camptocormia in Parkinson's disease mimicked by focal myositis of the paraspinal muscles. Mov Disord 2002;3:598-600.
8. Jankovic J, Fahn S: Dystonic disorders; in Jankovic J, Tolosa E (eds): Parkinson's Disease and Movement Disorders. Lippincott, Williams & Wilkins, 1998, pp 513-551.