Pulmonary embolism: 'the great masquerader' of pneumonia in a patient with progressive supranuclear palsy

• প্রধান লেখক: Robin G Manappallil (লেখক), Vinod Krishnan (লেখক)
• বিন্যাস: গ্রন্থ
• প্রকাশিত: SpringerOpen, 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• বিষয়গুলি: article
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Patients with Parkinson's disease are at risk of developing aspiration pneumonia. Pulmonary embolism is a rare but life-threatening complication in such patients, but could the same be true in progressive supranuclear palsy, an atypical form of Parkinsonism? This case report aims at highlightin...