Multiple pathologies in a patient with a progressive neurodegenerative syndrome

J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry. 2005 Feb;76(2):252-5. doi: 10.1136/jnnp.2004.039479.

Abstract

A woman presenting with levodopa responsive Parkinsonism developed rapidly progressive bulbar signs, quadriparesis, and upper and lower motor neurone signs. At necropsy, she was found to have three pathological diagnoses: amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, Parkinson's disease, and abundant tau-positive argyrophilic neuritic pathology, known as argyrophilic grain disease. This case raises the possibility that three distinct neuropathological diagnoses share a common aetiology.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.
  • Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.

MeSH terms

  • Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis / complications
  • Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis / pathology*
  • Autopsy
  • Brain Diseases / complications
  • Brain Diseases / pathology*
  • Comorbidity
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Middle Aged
  • Parkinson Disease / complications
  • Parkinson Disease / pathology*
  • tau Proteins / analysis

Substances

  • tau Proteins