Diffuse Lewy body disease presenting as multiple system atrophy.

The majority of patients with diffuse Lewy body disease have cognitive or psychiatric manifestations as part of their initial presentation. A sizable minority present with parkinsonian features alone. Autonomic features may also occur, typically after the development of cognitive changes. We aim to demonstrate that diffuse Lewy body disease may rarely also present with parkinsonism accompanied by marked autonomic dysfunction in the absence of...