Hemiatrophy-hemiparkinsonism and Poland syndrome: A causative or coincidental association?

Jinyoung Youn; Carolina Gorodetsky; Andres M Lozano; Anthony E Lang; Alfonso Fasano

doi:10.1016/j.parkreldis.2023.105402

Hemiatrophy-hemiparkinsonism and Poland syndrome: A causative or coincidental association?

Parkinsonism Relat Disord. 2023 May:110:105402. doi: 10.1016/j.parkreldis.2023.105402. Epub 2023 Apr 15.

Authors

Jinyoung Youn¹, Carolina Gorodetsky², Andres M Lozano³, Anthony E Lang⁴, Alfonso Fasano⁵

Affiliations

¹ Department of Neurology, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Seoul, South Korea; Neuroscience Center, Samsung Medical Center, Seoul, South Korea; Edmond J. Safra Program in Parkinson's Disease, Morton and Gloria Shulman Movement Disorders Clinic, Toronto Western Hospital, UHN, Toronto, Ontario, Canada; Division of Neurology, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
² Edmond J. Safra Program in Parkinson's Disease, Morton and Gloria Shulman Movement Disorders Clinic, Toronto Western Hospital, UHN, Toronto, Ontario, Canada; Division of Neurology, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada; Department of Pediatrics, Division of Neurology, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, ON, Canada.
³ Krembil Brain Institute, Toronto, Ontario, Canada; Division of Neurosurgery, Department of Surgery, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
⁴ Edmond J. Safra Program in Parkinson's Disease, Morton and Gloria Shulman Movement Disorders Clinic, Toronto Western Hospital, UHN, Toronto, Ontario, Canada; Division of Neurology, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada; Krembil Brain Institute, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
⁵ Edmond J. Safra Program in Parkinson's Disease, Morton and Gloria Shulman Movement Disorders Clinic, Toronto Western Hospital, UHN, Toronto, Ontario, Canada; Division of Neurology, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada; Krembil Brain Institute, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Electronic address: alfonso.fasano@uhn.ca.

PMID: 37084521
DOI: 10.1016/j.parkreldis.2023.105402

Abstract

Despite various neurologic symptoms of Poland syndrome (PS), parkinsonism was never reported in PS, and the response to the treatment of parkinsonism was not studied before. We report a case of ipsilateral parkinsonism in PS, similar to hemiatrophy-hemiparkinsonism, with a good response to levodopa and subthalamic deep brain stimulation.

Keywords: Deep brain stimulation; Hemiatrophy; Hemiparkinsonism; Poland syndrome.

Publication types

Case Reports
Letter
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Atrophy
Humans
Levodopa
Parkinson Disease* / diagnosis
Parkinsonian Disorders* / complications
Parkinsonian Disorders* / diagnostic imaging
Poland Syndrome* / complications
Poland Syndrome* / diagnostic imaging

Substances

Levodopa