TREMOR AS THE RESULT OF SHUNT OBSTRUCTION - 4 PATIENTS WITH CYSTICERCOSIS AND SECONDARY PARKINSONISM - REPORT OF 4 CASES

IN FOUR PATIENTS, shunt obstruction was accompanied by severe resting tremor involving principally the head, the jaw, the tongue, and the ri ght upper extremity. Shunt revision resulted in improvement in each pa tient. Five similar patients have been reported. Although rare, the oc currence of parkinsonian tremor in a previously shunted patient sugges ts obstruction and requires prompt evaluation.