Frontotemporal dementia and neurocysticercosis: A case report

We report a case of a 67-year-old woman with frontotemporal dementia (FTD) and a history of neurocysticercosis. After her retirement she showed progressive behavioral changes and neuropsychiatric symptoms with relative preservation of cognitive functioning. During the next three years, the patient m...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Satler, Corina, Maestro, Elza Santos, Tomaz, Carlos
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Associação de Neurologia Cognitiva e do Comportamento 2012
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5619110/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29213775
http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/S1980-57642012DN06010011
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Sumario:We report a case of a 67-year-old woman with frontotemporal dementia (FTD) and a history of neurocysticercosis. After her retirement she showed progressive behavioral changes and neuropsychiatric symptoms with relative preservation of cognitive functioning. During the next three years, the patient manifested progressive deterioration of verbal communication gradually evolving to mutism, a hallmark of cases of progressive nonfluent aphasia.

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