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*Extrapyramidal movement disorder | *Extrapyramidal movement disorder associated with reduced dopaminergic receptors in substantia nigra | ||
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**Posture/equilibrium impairment | **Posture/equilibrium impairment | ||
***Impaired ability to turn or change direction while walking | ***Impaired ability to turn or change direction while walking | ||
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**rasagiline (Azilect) | **rasagiline (Azilect) | ||
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Revision as of 19:04, 8 June 2015
Background
- Extrapyramidal movement disorder associated with reduced dopaminergic receptors in substantia nigra
Clinical Features
- TRAP mnemonic:
- Tremor (resting)
- Initially is unilateral tremor of upper extremity, esp finger and thumb ("pill rolling")
- Dissipates when intentional movement is performed
- Rigidity (cogwheel)
- Elicited by causing passive movement of limb through full range of motion
- Akinesia
- Slowness of voluntary movement
- Posture/equilibrium impairment
- Impaired ability to turn or change direction while walking
- Tremor (resting)
Differential Diagnosis
Dementia
- Degenerative
- Alzheimer's disease
- Huntington's disease
- Parkinson's disease
- Vascular
- Multiple infarcts
- Hypoperfusion (MI, profound hypotension)
- Subdural hematoma
- SAH
- Infectious
- Meningitis (sequelae of bacterial, fungal, or tubercular)
- Neurosyphilis
- Viral encephalitis (HSV, HIV), Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease
- Inflammatory
- SLE
- Demyelinating disease (e.g. multiple sclerosis)
- Neoplastic
- Primary brain tumor / metastatic disease
- Carcinomatous meningitis
- Paraneoplastic syndromes
- Traumatic
- Toxic
- ETOH
- Meds (anticholinergics, polypharmacy)
- Metabolic
- Psychiatric
- Depression (pseudodementia)
- Hydrocephalic
- Normal pressure hydrocephalus (communicating hydrocephalus)
- Noncommunicating hydrocephalus
Diagnosis
Treatment
- Dopamine agonists
- Levodopa +Carbidopa (peripheral decarboxylase inhibitor) = gold standard
- pramipexole (Mirapex)
ropinirole (Requip)
- Anticholenergics
- Benztropine
- Monoamine oxidase inhibitor - blocks DA reuptake
- selegiline (Eldepryl)
- rasagiline (Azilect)