J Korean Neurol Assoc.  1991 Dec;9(4):465-470.

Three Cases of Progressive Supranuclear Palsy

Affiliations
  • 1Department of Neurology, Yondong Severance Hospital, Yonsei University, Korea.
  • 2Il Sim Clinics, Seoul, Korea.

Abstract

Progressive supranuclear palsy (PSP) is a kind of chronic neurodegenerative diseases, the main clinical characteristics of which are loss of voluntary control of vertical gaze, particularly downgaze, dysarthria. Diffuse body rigidity with dystonic extension of the peck, and dementia In its earlier stages, PSP can be misdiagnosed as Parkinson's disease because of lack of awareness of the disease and symptoms and signs may not be diagnostic until the disease is advanced. About 4% of all patients with parkinson's disease turn out eventually to have progressive supranuclear palsy. We report the three cases of PSP with MRI brain scan.


MeSH Terms

Brain
Dementia
Dysarthria
Humans
Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Neurodegenerative Diseases
Parkinson Disease
Supranuclear Palsy, Progressive*
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