학술논문
Parkinsonism: A Rare Complication of Cerebral Toxoplasmosis.
Document Type
Article
Source
Subject
*TOXOPLASMOSIS
*PARKINSONIAN disorders
*TREMOR
*NEUROLOGICAL disorders
*SYMPTOMS
*AIDS-related opportunistic infections
*PARKINSON'S disease
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Language
ISSN
0364-5134
Abstract
The patient first noticed the tremor after she recovered from cerebral toxoplasmosis encephalitis in 1997. The incidence of parkinsonism in HIV patients was previously estimated to be approximately 5%.[1] Several mechanisms were proposed, including HIV-induced basal ganglia neuroinflammation, HIV-associated dementia, or basal ganglia lesions caused by an underlying opportunistic infection. A 64-year-old woman with known HIV infection and a history of cerebral toxoplasmosis was referred to our Movement Disorders clinic for evaluation of progressive bilateral hand tremor. [Extracted from the article]