Song In-Uk, Kim Joong-Seok, Lee Kwang-Soo
Department of Neurology, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea, South Korea.
Parkinsonism Relat Disord. 2008;14(2):161-3. doi: 10.1016/j.parkreldis.2007.02.007. Epub 2007 Apr 11.
Camptocormia in parkinsonism is defined by marked anteroflexion of the trunk, which is relieved by lying down together with minimal or no response to levodopa. We describe here a 47-year-old patient with multiple system atrophy with predominant parkinsonism associated with camptocormia; the camptocormia and parkinsonian motor symptoms were markedly improved with levodopa treatment.
