Parkinsonism and neurosarcoidosis: Cause and effect or coincidence?

Raja Mehanna; Lael Stone; Ilia Itin

doi:10.1016/j.prdoa.2019.09.001

Parkinsonism and neurosarcoidosis: Cause and effect or coincidence?

Clin Park Relat Disord. 2019 Sep 12:1:74-76. doi: 10.1016/j.prdoa.2019.09.001. eCollection 2019.

Authors

Raja Mehanna¹, Lael Stone², Ilia Itin²

Affiliations

¹ University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston, TX, United States of America.
² Center for Neurological Restoration, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, OH, United States of America.

Abstract

Movement disorders in demyelinating diseases can be coincidental or secondary to a demyelinating lesion. We here report the first case of coincidental association of neurosarcoidosis and idiopathic Parkinson's disease.

Keywords: PD, Parkinson's disease; Parkinson's disease; Sarcoidosis.

Publication types

Case Reports