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Frontotemporal dementia and neurocysticercosis: a case report / Demência frontotemporal e neurocisticercose: um relato de caso
Satler, Corina; Maestro, Elza Santos; Tomaz, Carlos.
Affiliation
  • Satler, Corina; Universidade de Brasília. Institute of Biology. Laboratory of Neurosciences and Behavior. Brasília DF. BR
  • Maestro, Elza Santos; Universidade de Brasília. Geriatric Medical Center. Brasília DF. BR
  • Tomaz, Carlos; Universidade de Brasilia. Institute of Biology. Laboratory of Neurosciences and Behavior. Brasília DF. BR
Dement. neuropsychol ; 6(1): 64-69, mar. 2012. ilus
Article in En | LILACS | ID: lil-621582
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ABSTRACT
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 ofcognitive functioning. During the next three years, the patient manifested progressive deterioration of verbal communication gradually evolving to mutism, a hall mark of cases of progressive nonfluent aphasia.
RESUMO
Caso de uma mulher de 71 anos com demência frontotemporal e historia de neurocisticercose. Após sua aposentadoria ela apresentou progressivas mudanças comportamentais e sintomas neuropsiquiátricos, com relativa preservação do funcionamento cognitivo. Durante os seguintes três anos, a paciente foi desenvolvendo uma deteriorização progressiva da comunicação verbal evoluindo gradualmente a mutismo, marca que descreve um caso de afasia progressiva não fluente.
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Full text: 1 Collection: 01-internacional Database: LILACS Main subject: Neurocysticercosis / Primary Progressive Nonfluent Aphasia / Frontotemporal Lobar Degeneration / Neuropsychological Tests Limits: Humans Language: En Journal: Dement. neuropsychol Journal subject: NEUROCIENCIAS / NEUROLOGIA / PSICOLOGIA / PSIQUIATRIA Year: 2012 Document type: Article Affiliation country: Brazil Country of publication: Brazil
Full text: 1 Collection: 01-internacional Database: LILACS Main subject: Neurocysticercosis / Primary Progressive Nonfluent Aphasia / Frontotemporal Lobar Degeneration / Neuropsychological Tests Limits: Humans Language: En Journal: Dement. neuropsychol Journal subject: NEUROCIENCIAS / NEUROLOGIA / PSICOLOGIA / PSIQUIATRIA Year: 2012 Document type: Article Affiliation country: Brazil Country of publication: Brazil