An unusual presentation of Huntington’s disease

We describe the case of a 59‐year‐old woman who exhibited psychotic symptoms, cognitive dysfunction, and restlessness. While the clinical picture and 18F‐FDG PET/CT suggested the presence of a tauopathy, especially frontotemporal dementia or progressive supranuclear palsy, genetic testing eventually...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Schulze Westhoff, Martin, Osmanovic, Alma, Meissner, Catharina, Heck, Johannes, Mahmoudi, Nima, Hendrich, Corinna, Berding, Georg, Seifert, Johanna, Bleich, Stefan, Frieling, Helge, Krüger, Tillmann, Groh, Adrian
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2021
Materias:
Case Reports
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8283861/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34295499
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ccr3.4547
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Sumario:We describe the case of a 59‐year‐old woman who exhibited psychotic symptoms, cognitive dysfunction, and restlessness. While the clinical picture and 18F‐FDG PET/CT suggested the presence of a tauopathy, especially frontotemporal dementia or progressive supranuclear palsy, genetic testing eventually revealed Huntington's disease.

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