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Diagnostic uncertainty in a severely demented male patient: a case report

INTRODUCTION: Current trends in dementia research focus on early and accurate diagnosis. In clinical practice however, this is not always possible, as multiple underlying pathologies produce mixed dementia syndromes. Furthermore, patients with severe dementia are often underestimated. CASE PRESENTAT...

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Autores principales: Maiovis, Pantelis, Gavopoulou, Evgenia, Eleftheriou, Marina, Tsokanari, Ioanna, Tsolaki, Magda
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Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2008
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2576184/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18928571
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1757-1626-1-250
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author Maiovis, Pantelis
Gavopoulou, Evgenia
Eleftheriou, Marina
Tsokanari, Ioanna
Tsolaki, Magda
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Tsolaki, Magda
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description INTRODUCTION: Current trends in dementia research focus on early and accurate diagnosis. In clinical practice however, this is not always possible, as multiple underlying pathologies produce mixed dementia syndromes. Furthermore, patients with severe dementia are often underestimated. CASE PRESENTATION: We present a case of a 71 year old Caucasian male with severe Alzheimer's Disease, bedridden and fully dependent in activities of everyday living, whose general cognitive function is almost intact. We emphasize on the diverse underlying pathologies contributing to this intriguing clinical presentation and to diagnostic uncertainty. CONCLUSION: Understanding the complexity of the dementia process in every patient using a multidimensional approach, contributes to more rational management strategies and finally to high quality care for patients and caregivers.
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spelling pubmed-25761842008-10-31 Diagnostic uncertainty in a severely demented male patient: a case report Maiovis, Pantelis Gavopoulou, Evgenia Eleftheriou, Marina Tsokanari, Ioanna Tsolaki, Magda Cases J Case Report INTRODUCTION: Current trends in dementia research focus on early and accurate diagnosis. In clinical practice however, this is not always possible, as multiple underlying pathologies produce mixed dementia syndromes. Furthermore, patients with severe dementia are often underestimated. CASE PRESENTATION: We present a case of a 71 year old Caucasian male with severe Alzheimer's Disease, bedridden and fully dependent in activities of everyday living, whose general cognitive function is almost intact. We emphasize on the diverse underlying pathologies contributing to this intriguing clinical presentation and to diagnostic uncertainty. CONCLUSION: Understanding the complexity of the dementia process in every patient using a multidimensional approach, contributes to more rational management strategies and finally to high quality care for patients and caregivers. BioMed Central 2008-10-19 /pmc/articles/PMC2576184/ /pubmed/18928571 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1757-1626-1-250 Text en Copyright © 2008 Maiovis et al; licensee BioMed Central Ltd. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0 This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License ( (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0) ), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Maiovis, Pantelis
Gavopoulou, Evgenia
Eleftheriou, Marina
Tsokanari, Ioanna
Tsolaki, Magda
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title Diagnostic uncertainty in a severely demented male patient: a case report
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title_fullStr Diagnostic uncertainty in a severely demented male patient: a case report
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title_short Diagnostic uncertainty in a severely demented male patient: a case report
title_sort diagnostic uncertainty in a severely demented male patient: a case report
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2576184/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18928571
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1757-1626-1-250
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