Very late-onset behavioral variant frontotemporal dementia

Very late-onset behavioral variant frontotemporal dementia

ABSTRACT Current concepts regarding frontotemporal lobar degeneration (FTLD) have evolved rapidly in recent years. Genetically determined FTLD cohorts have broadened our knowledge pertaining to its clinical presentation, neuroimaging findings and demographics. In this study we present a case report...

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Main Authors: Henrique Cerqueira Guimarães, Tatiana de Carvalho Espindola
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Associação Neurologia Cognitiva e do Comportamento
Series:Dementia & Neuropsychologia
Subjects:
frontotemporal dementia
very late-onset
dementia
diagnosis
Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1980-57642013000100136&lng=en&tlng=en
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Summary:ABSTRACT Current concepts regarding frontotemporal lobar degeneration (FTLD) have evolved rapidly in recent years. Genetically determined FTLD cohorts have broadened our knowledge pertaining to its clinical presentation, neuroimaging findings and demographics. In this study we present a case report of a patient diagnosed with behavioral variant frontotemporal dementia diagnosis in her nineties during hospital admission for a ground-level fall. We believe this case reinforces the pervasive nature of this clinical entity, and may contribute to an increased awareness of this diagnostic possibility in late-onset dementia.
ISSN:1980-5764

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