Restless “Lower Back” in a Patient with Parkinson’s Disease

BACKGROUND: In restless legs syndrome (RLS), the isolated involvement of other body parts in the absence of leg involvement is rare. CASE REPORT: We report an 82-year-old male with a 1-year history of Parkinson’s disease (PD) who developed an abnormal sensation limited to his “lower back.” He fulfil...

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Autores principales: Suzuki, Keisuke, Miyamoto, Masayuki, Miyamoto, Tomoyuki, Hirata, Koichi
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Columbia University Libraries/Information Services 2013
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Case Reports
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3822403/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24255803
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author Suzuki, Keisuke
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description BACKGROUND: In restless legs syndrome (RLS), the isolated involvement of other body parts in the absence of leg involvement is rare. CASE REPORT: We report an 82-year-old male with a 1-year history of Parkinson’s disease (PD) who developed an abnormal sensation limited to his “lower back.” He fulfilled the four essential RLS criteria, with the major caveat that the criteria were applied in a modified manner to his lower back rather than his legs. The administration of a dopamine agonist completely eliminated his symptoms. DISCUSSION: Our patient’s “restless lower back” may be a variant of RLS. Clinicians should pay attention to restlessness in other body parts in addition to the legs.
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spelling pubmed-38224032013-11-19 Restless “Lower Back” in a Patient with Parkinson’s Disease Suzuki, Keisuke Miyamoto, Masayuki Miyamoto, Tomoyuki Hirata, Koichi Tremor Other Hyperkinet Mov (N Y) Case Reports BACKGROUND: In restless legs syndrome (RLS), the isolated involvement of other body parts in the absence of leg involvement is rare. CASE REPORT: We report an 82-year-old male with a 1-year history of Parkinson’s disease (PD) who developed an abnormal sensation limited to his “lower back.” He fulfilled the four essential RLS criteria, with the major caveat that the criteria were applied in a modified manner to his lower back rather than his legs. The administration of a dopamine agonist completely eliminated his symptoms. DISCUSSION: Our patient’s “restless lower back” may be a variant of RLS. Clinicians should pay attention to restlessness in other body parts in addition to the legs. Columbia University Libraries/Information Services 2013-10-07 /pmc/articles/PMC3822403/ /pubmed/24255803 Text en http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/us/ This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution–Noncommerical–No Derivatives License, which permits the user to copy, distribute, and transmit the work provided that the original author and source are credited; that no commercial use is made of the work; and that the work is not altered or transformed.
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3822403/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24255803
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