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A 67-year-old male with progressive intention tremor which started 15 years ago, now presenting severe disability, worse in the right hand, with limited response to pharmacological therapy.

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  1. Neuroradiology, Neurology and Neurosurgery Departments, Centro Hospitalar do Porto, Porto, Portugal

    Luís Botelho, Carla Silva, Nuno Vila-Chã & Alexandre Mendes

  2. Neurosurgery Department, Instituto Português de Oncologia do Porto, Porto, Portugal

    António Verdelho

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Correspondence to Luís Botelho .

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  1. Neuroradiology Department, Centro Hospitalar do Porto, Porto, Portugal

    João Xavier

  2. Neuroradiology Department, Centro Hospitalar do Porto, Porto, Portugal

    Cristiana Vasconcelos

  3. Neuroradiology Department, Centro Hospitalar do Porto, Porto, Portugal

    Cristina Ramos

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Botelho, L., Silva, C., Vila-Chã, N., Mendes, A., Verdelho, A. (2018). Case 41. In: Xavier, J., Vasconcelos, C., Ramos, C. (eds) Diagnostic and Therapeutic Neuroradiology. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-61140-2_41

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