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Large left posterior fossa meningioma presenting with quadriplegia in a woman with history of carbidopa-levodopa resistant parkinsonism
A 56–year-old Afro-Trinidadian woman with a history of a carbidopa-levodopa resistance Parkinsonian-like syndrome for 2 years, presented with acute onset spastic quadriplegia and decreased responsiveness. Diagnosis involved clinical and MR-imaging correlation consistent with a large left posterior f...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6444560/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30996844 http://dx.doi.org/10.4081/ni.2019.7815 |
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author | Reyes, Antonio Jose Ramcharan, Kanterpersad Alvarez, Maria Greaves, Wesley Rampersad, Fidel |
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description | A 56–year-old Afro-Trinidadian woman with a history of a carbidopa-levodopa resistance Parkinsonian-like syndrome for 2 years, presented with acute onset spastic quadriplegia and decreased responsiveness. Diagnosis involved clinical and MR-imaging correlation consistent with a large left posterior fossa meningioma. Surgical removal of the tumor led to complete reversibility of the neurological manifestations associated with cerebellar tonsillar herniation beyond the foramen magnum and mass effect on the brainstem, cerebellum and midbrain regions. Pathological findings were typical of a meningioma. This case demonstrates the association of a large left posterior fossa meningioma and carbidopalevodopa resistant parkinsonism in an Afro-Trinidadian woman who presented with acute onset acute quadriplegia and decreased responsiveness. This case reminds clinicians that patients with dopa unresponsiveness and/or acute neurological deficit or deterioration should be worked up for other possible causes and adds to the literature on the association of parkinsonism and intracranial space occupying lesions. |
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spelling | pubmed-64445602019-04-17 Large left posterior fossa meningioma presenting with quadriplegia in a woman with history of carbidopa-levodopa resistant parkinsonism Reyes, Antonio Jose Ramcharan, Kanterpersad Alvarez, Maria Greaves, Wesley Rampersad, Fidel Neurol Int Case Report A 56–year-old Afro-Trinidadian woman with a history of a carbidopa-levodopa resistance Parkinsonian-like syndrome for 2 years, presented with acute onset spastic quadriplegia and decreased responsiveness. Diagnosis involved clinical and MR-imaging correlation consistent with a large left posterior fossa meningioma. Surgical removal of the tumor led to complete reversibility of the neurological manifestations associated with cerebellar tonsillar herniation beyond the foramen magnum and mass effect on the brainstem, cerebellum and midbrain regions. Pathological findings were typical of a meningioma. This case demonstrates the association of a large left posterior fossa meningioma and carbidopalevodopa resistant parkinsonism in an Afro-Trinidadian woman who presented with acute onset acute quadriplegia and decreased responsiveness. This case reminds clinicians that patients with dopa unresponsiveness and/or acute neurological deficit or deterioration should be worked up for other possible causes and adds to the literature on the association of parkinsonism and intracranial space occupying lesions. PAGEPress Publications, Pavia, Italy 2019-03-11 /pmc/articles/PMC6444560/ /pubmed/30996844 http://dx.doi.org/10.4081/ni.2019.7815 Text en ©Copyright A.J. Reyes et al., 2019 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/) which permits unrestricted non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
spellingShingle | Case Report Reyes, Antonio Jose Ramcharan, Kanterpersad Alvarez, Maria Greaves, Wesley Rampersad, Fidel Large left posterior fossa meningioma presenting with quadriplegia in a woman with history of carbidopa-levodopa resistant parkinsonism |
title | Large left posterior fossa meningioma presenting with quadriplegia in a woman with history of carbidopa-levodopa resistant parkinsonism |
title_full | Large left posterior fossa meningioma presenting with quadriplegia in a woman with history of carbidopa-levodopa resistant parkinsonism |
title_fullStr | Large left posterior fossa meningioma presenting with quadriplegia in a woman with history of carbidopa-levodopa resistant parkinsonism |
title_full_unstemmed | Large left posterior fossa meningioma presenting with quadriplegia in a woman with history of carbidopa-levodopa resistant parkinsonism |
title_short | Large left posterior fossa meningioma presenting with quadriplegia in a woman with history of carbidopa-levodopa resistant parkinsonism |
title_sort | large left posterior fossa meningioma presenting with quadriplegia in a woman with history of carbidopa-levodopa resistant parkinsonism |
topic | Case Report |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6444560/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30996844 http://dx.doi.org/10.4081/ni.2019.7815 |
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