학술논문

Ubiquitin-positive astrogliopathy clinically mimicking Parkinson's disease.
Document Type
Case Study
Source
Acta Neuropathologica Communications. 11/14/2022, Vol. 10 Issue 1, p1-4. 4p.
Subject
*PARKINSON'S disease
*SUBSTANTIA nigra
*PATHOLOGY
*BASAL ganglia
*AUTOPSY
Language
ISSN
2051-5960
Abstract
Several neurodegenerative pathologies can clinically mimic Parkinson's disease, including neurodegenerative diseases with glial pathology. However, the glial aggregates are typically composed of known pathogenic proteins and are associated with prominent neuronal loss in the substantia nigra. Here we present an unusual case of a 91-year-old man with a clinical diagnosis of Parkinson's disease, but whose autopsy findings showed a ubiquitin-positive astrogliopathy without significant neuronal loss in the substantia nigra. These glial aggregates affected the basal ganglia, cortex, and cerebellum, and were negative for tau, alpha-synuclein, TDP-43, FUS, and p62. This case is a rare example of an unknown glial neurodegenerative pathology mimicking Parkinson's disease without significant loss of nigral dopaminergic neurons. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]