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Camptocormia in a patient with multiple system atrophy
Author(s) -
Skidmore Frank,
Mikolenko Irene,
Weiss Howard,
Weiner William
Publication year - 2005
Publication title -
movement disorders
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.352
H-Index - 198
eISSN - 1531-8257
pISSN - 0885-3185
DOI - 10.1002/mds.20521
Subject(s) - parkinsonism , atrophy , medicine , presentation (obstetrics) , parkinson's disease , disease , physical medicine and rehabilitation , pediatrics , surgery , pathology
Abstract The term “camptocormia” describes a severe forward‐flexed posture. Although initially used to describe a conversion disorder, early authors also recognized organic camptocormia occurring in old age, or “camptocormie senile,” as well as traumatic and arthritic camptocormia. More recently, camptocormia has been described in patients with Parkinson's disease and in an individual with parkinsonism. We describe a case of progressive camptocormia as part of the initial presentation of a patient with multiple system atrophy. © 2005 Movement Disorder Society