punch-drunk syndrome
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punch-drunk syndrome
Boxer's encephalopathy, dementia pugilistica Neurology A syndrome affecting 10–20% of professional boxers, which is the cumulative result of recurrent brain damage and progressive communicating hydrocephalus due to extrapyramidal and cerebellar lesions that translate into dysarthria, ataxia, tremors, pyramidal lesions–causing mental deterioration and personality changes–eg, rage reaction and morbid jealousy–'Othello syndrome'. See Boxing. Cf Alzheimer's disease, Parkinson's disease, Torture, Vascular dementia.McGraw-Hill Concise Dictionary of Modern Medicine. © 2002 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.