Presentation
Background of Parkinson disease
Patient Data
Age: 70 years
Gender: Male
From the case:
Deep brain stimulator
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The frontal projection shows a device projecting over the right upper thorax with wires leading into the patient's neck. The device is a pulse generator of a deep brain stimulator.
Case Discussion
Commonly used to treat the dyskinesia associated with Parkinson disease, deep brain stimulators are implanted on the anterior chest wall.
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