Co-occurrence of multiple sclerosis and Parkinson disease

Vahid Shaygannejad; Maryam Shirmardi; Leila Dehghani; Helia Maghzi

doi:10.4103/2277-9175.180993

Co-occurrence of multiple sclerosis and Parkinson disease

Adv Biomed Res. 2016 Apr 21:5:75. doi: 10.4103/2277-9175.180993. eCollection 2016.

Authors

Vahid Shaygannejad¹, Maryam Shirmardi¹, Leila Dehghani², Helia Maghzi¹

Affiliations

¹ Isfahan Neurosciences Research Center, Alzahra Hospital, Department of Neurology, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran.
² Isfahan Neurosciences Research Center, Alzahra Hospital, Department of Neurology, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran; Department of Medical Sciences, School of Medicine, Najafabad Branch, Islamic Azad University, Isfahan, Iran.

Abstract

Parkinson disease (PD) is a neurodegenerative disease of the central nervous system (CNS) with the highest prevalence in adults over 60 years of age On the other hand multiple sclerosis (MS), which mostly affects individuals between 20 and 40 years of age, is another neurodegenerative and autoimmune disease of the CNS, however, less common than PD. Here we aim to report the case of a 39-year-old woman, who developed PD 18 years after diagnosis of MS.

Keywords: Multiple sclerosis; Parkinson disease; neurodegenerative disease.

Publication types

Case Reports