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European Journal of General Medicine
Medical Investigations Society
ISSN: 1304-3897
Vol. 1, No. 4, 2004, pp. 72-73
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Bioline Code: gm04048
Full paper language: English
Document type: Research Article
Document available free of charge
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European Journal of General Medicine, Vol. 1, No. 4, 2004, pp. 72-73
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CASE REPORT HEMIHYPOSMIA IN A CASE OF HEMIPARKINSONISM
Josef G. Heckmann, Constanze Höcherl1, Christoph J.G. Lang C, Günther Platsch, Thomas Hummel
Abstract
Olfactory dysfunction in Parkinson's disease is becoming more relevant. We report on a 38year old woman with right-sided hemiparkinsonism classified 1 degree of severity according to the Hoehn and Yahr scale. Despite not complaining of smell disturbances olfactory testing revealed pronounced hemihyposmia on the ipsilateral side of the marked decreased tracer uptake in the 123I-FP-CIT SPECT. To our knowledge pronounced hemihyposmia has been rarely described in patients with early signs and symptoms of Parkinson's disease.
Keywords
Olfactory dysfunction, Parkinson's disease, hemihyposmia, hemiparkinsonism
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