February 19, 2016 | Tags: ParkinsonismCategories for this post are: Parkinson’s Disease
Parkinsonism is classified into four main categories as follows.
1. Parkinson’s Disease (sporadic and genetic)
1. Drugs Induced: Antipsychotics such as dopamine receptors blocking drugs, antiemetics such as metoclopramide, dopamine depleting drugs like reserpine, tetrabenzine, alpha-methyl-dopa, lithium, flunarizine, cinnarizine.
2. Infectious: Post encephalitic
3. Toxins: MPTP, CO, Mn, Hg, CS2
4. Vascular: multi-infarct state of brain
5. Trauma: Pulgilistic encephalopathy
6. Hemiatrophy hemi parkinsonism
7. Brain tumors in certain locations such as basal ganglia
8. Hydrocephalus
9. Hypoxia
10. Metabolic
1.Progressive supranuclear palsy
2. Multiple system atrophy
3. Corticobasal ganglionic degeneration
4. ALS-Parkinsonism-Dementia – complex of Guam
1. Huntington’s disease
2. Wilson’s disease
3. Hllervorden-spatz disease
4. Olivopontocerebellar and spinocerebellar degeneration
5. Familial basal ganglia calcification
6. Familial Parkinsonism with peripheral neuropathy
7. Neuroacanthocytosis
