Journal of Parkinson's Disease and Movement Disorders

Yıldız DEĞİRMENCİ,1 Şule KOŞAR,2 Handan Işın ÖZIŞIK KARAMAN1

Çanakkale Onsekiz Mart Üniversitesi Tıp Fakültesi 1Nöroloji Anabilim Dalı, 2Radyoloji Anabilim Dalı, Çanakkale, Türkiye

Keywords: Basal ganglia; brainstem; substantia nigra; vascular parkinsonism; Virchow-Robin spaces.

Abstract

Vascular parkinsonism is defined as an akinetic rigid syndrome due to cerebrovascular accidents. The etiology of the disease includes subcortical lesions involving basal ganglia and related pathways. Literature review revealed that perivascular spaces localized in these pathways as a rare cause of vascular parkinsonism. In this article, we present a case with early-onset vascular parkinsonism due to widened Virchow-Robin spaces.