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ArticleMovement disorders clinical practice2024

Pick's Disease Presenting as Tremulous Parkinsonism with Limited Levodopa Response-A Rare Cause of Corticobasal Syndrome.

Shakya Bhattacharjee, William Scotton, Ibrahim Djoukhadar, Yvonne S Davidson, James Minshull, Andrew C Robinson, Federico Roncaroli, Christopher Kobylecki

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Shakya BhattacharjeeDepartment of Neurology, Manchester Centre for Clinical Neurosciences, Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust (Salford Royal Hospital), Salford, UK.
William ScottonDepartment of Neurology, Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham, University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust, Birmingham, UK.
Ibrahim DjoukhadarDepartment of Neuroradiology, Manchester Centre for Clinical Neurosciences, Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust (Salford Royal Hospital), Salford, UK.
Yvonne S DavidsonDivision of Neuroscience, Faculty of Biology, Medicine and Health, School of Biological Sciences, The University of Manchester, Salford Royal Hospital, Salford, UK.
James MinshullDivision of Neuroscience, Faculty of Biology, Medicine and Health, School of Biological Sciences, The University of Manchester, Salford Royal Hospital, Salford, UK.
Andrew C RobinsonDivision of Neuroscience, Faculty of Biology, Medicine and Health, School of Biological Sciences, The University of Manchester, Manchester, UK.ORCID 0000-0003-2208-7728
Federico RoncaroliDivision of Neuroscience, Faculty of Biology, Medicine and Health, School of Biological Sciences, The University of Manchester, Manchester, UK.
Christopher KobyleckiDepartment of Neurology, Manchester Centre for Clinical Neurosciences, Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust (Salford Royal Hospital), Salford, UK.

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Abstract

backgroundCorticobasal syndrome is a clinical diagnosis and common pathological causes are corticobasal degeneration, progressive supranuclear palsy and Alzheimer's disease.

objectivesWe would like to highlight a rare but important differential of corticobasal syndrome.

methodsA 78-year-old female had a 4-year history of predominantly right-hand rest tremor, worsening of handwriting but no change in cognition. The clinical examination showed right upper limb postural and kinetic tremor, mild wrist rigidity and reduced amplitude of right-sided finger tapping. She was initially diagnosed as idiopathic Parkinson's disease. Five years after onset of symptoms, she demonstrated bilateral myoclonic jerks and right upper limb dystonic posturing. She could not copy movements with the right hand. The magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) revealed disproportionate atrophy in the parietal lobes bilaterally. The clinical diagnosis was changed to probable corticobasal syndrome. She passed away 11 years from onset of symptoms at the age of 85 years. She underwent a post-mortem.

resultsThe anterior and posterior frontal cortex, anterior cingulate, temporal neocortex, hippocampus and amygdaloid complex demonstrated considerable tau-related pathology consisting of a dense background of neuropil threads, and rounded, paranuclear neuronal inclusions consistent with Pick bodies. The immunostaining for three microtubule binding domain repeats (3R) tau performed on sections from the frontal and temporal lobes, basal ganglia and midbrain highlighted several inclusions whilst no 4R tau was observed. She was finally diagnosed with Pick's disease.

conclusionsPick's disease can rarely present with clinical features of corticobasal syndrome.

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LevodopaParkinsonian DisordersPick Disease of the BrainAgedAntiparkinson AgentsCorticobasal DegenerationFemaleHumansMagnetic Resonance ImagingAntiparkinson AgentsLevodopaapraxiacorticobasal syndromeneuropathologyparkinsonismPick's disease

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