Case Report

Biceps Pain as the Presenting Symptom of Parkinson Disease: Effective Treatment with L-dopa

Authors: Gordon J. Gilbert, MD

Abstract

Parkinson disease can present remarkably as shoulder pains that may long precede the clinical diagnosis. A case is presented in which, during a 2-year period, both lower biceps brachii became exquisitely painful, with both the pain and the “frozen shoulders” responding promptly to the initiation of L-dopa therapy.

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