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Multiple system atrophy is estimated to affect approximately 5 per 100,000 people. At autopsy, many patients diagnosed during life with Parkinson's disease are found actually to have MSA, suggesting that the actual incidence of MSA is higher than that estimate. [ 4 ]
In multiple system atrophy, autonomic dysfunction appears earlier and is more severe, [39] and is accompanied by uncoordinated movements, while visual hallucinations and fluctuating cognition are less common than in DLB. [150] Urinary difficulty is one of the earliest symptoms with multiple system atrophy, and is often severe. [70]
In neurodegenerative diseases, cells of the central nervous system stop working or die via neurodegeneration. An example of this is Alzheimer's disease. [2] The other two common groups of degenerative diseases are those that affect circulatory system (e.g. coronary artery disease) and neoplastic diseases (e.g. cancers). [1]
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Upper motor neuron lesions occur in the brain or the spinal cord as the result of stroke, multiple sclerosis, traumatic brain injury, cerebral palsy, atypical parkinsonisms, multiple system atrophy, and amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.
A medical triad is a group of three signs or symptoms, the result of injury to three organs, which characterise a specific medical condition. The appearance of all three signs conjoined together in another patient, points to that the patient has the same medical condition, or diagnosis.
This sign is most commonly associated with the cerebellar subtype of multiple system atrophy (MSA-c). [1] It is also associated with spinocerebellar ataxia , progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy , paraneoplastic cerebellar degeneration , and Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease .
Clinically subcortical dementia usually is seen with features like slowness of mental processing, forgetfulness, impaired cognition, lack of initiative-apathy, depressive symptoms (such as anhedonia, negative thoughts, loss of self-esteem and dysphoria), loss of social skills along with extrapyramidal features like tremors and abnormal movements.