Neurology · 1989 · 155 citations · 0 references
MedicineNeurologyNeuroscienceAutopsy PathologyNeurodegenerationNeuropathologyAutopsy HistopathologyAutopsy NeuropathologyBasal GangliaNeurodegenerative DisordersParkinson DiseaseParkinsonian DisordersAdrenal PathophysiologyBasal Ganglia LesionsBasal Ganglia PathologyMacroscopic Autopsy FindingsMicroscopic Autopsy FindingsNeuropathologic Autopsy FindingsNeuropathological AutopsyParkinson Disease Pathology
Autopsy findings in a patient who had an adrenal-to-brain transplant for Parkinson's disease 4 months before his death showed adrenal tissue in the basal ganglia, but it was necrotic. Symptomatic improvement lasted for only 2 weeks.