Apparently Ipsilateral Parkinsonism in a Patient with Chronic Subdural Hematoma

Abstract

Symptomatic parkinsonism secondary to ipsilateral lesion is rarely reported. Although the contribution of the contralateral lesions was assumed in some cases, the pathomechanism remains undetermined. Herein we report a patient with a subdural hematoma, who developed parkinsonism in the ipsilateral hemibody. Structural and functional imaging suggests the contralateral dopaminergic dysfunction as the major culprit of apparently ipsilateral parkinsonism.

Keywords

• Symptomatic ipsilateral parkinsonism
• Subdural hematoma