Apparently ipsilateral parkinsonism in a patient with chronic subdural hematoma

J Mov Disord. 2012 May;5(1):18-20. doi: 10.14802/jmd.12005. Epub 2012 May 30.

Abstract

Symptomatic parkinsonism secondary to ipsilateral lesion is rarely reported. Although the contribution of the contralateral lesions was assumed in some cases, the pathomechanism remains undetermined. Herein we report a patient with a subdural hematoma, who developed parkinsonism in the ipsilateral hemibody. Structural and functional imaging suggests the contralateral dopaminergic dysfunction as the major culprit of apparently ipsilateral parkinsonism.

Keywords: Subdural hematoma; Symptomatic ipsilateral parkinsonism.