Idiopathic striopallidodentate calcification with prominent supranuclear abnormality of eye movement

J L Saver; G T Liu; M E Charness

Idiopathic striopallidodentate calcification with prominent supranuclear abnormality of eye movement

J Neuroophthalmol. 1994 Mar;14(1):29-33.

Authors

J L Saver¹, G T Liu, M E Charness

Affiliation

¹ Department of Neurology, Northwestern Memorial Hospital, Chicago, IL 60611.

PMID: 8032477

Abstract

We present a 63-year-old man with idiopathic striopallidodentate calcifications who exhibited a marked supranuclear defect of eye movement in addition to an extrapyramidal movement disturbance and dementia. The resulting clinical disorder resembled progressive supranuclear palsy.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Basal Ganglia Diseases / complications*
Basal Ganglia Diseases / diagnosis
Calcinosis / complications*
Calcinosis / diagnosis
Eye Movements
Humans
Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Male
Middle Aged
Ocular Motility Disorders / etiology*
Supranuclear Palsy, Progressive / complications*
Tomography, X-Ray Computed