Pisa syndrome as a motor complication of Parkinson's disease

Parkinsonism Relat Disord. 2007 Mar;13(2):126-8. doi: 10.1016/j.parkreldis.2006.03.010. Epub 2006 May 30.

Abstract

We describe two elderly patients with a convincing clinical diagnosis of Parkinson's disease (PD) who developed axial end-of-dose/off dystonia, also referred to as Pisa syndrome (PS). The worsening of symptoms in the "off" period, and a favorable response of the dystonia to an increase of levodopa suggests that PS in our patients may be primarily related to a manifestation of motor fluctuations in PD.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Dystonia / etiology*
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Parkinson Disease / complications*