A Case of Scrub Typhus Related Encephalopathy Presenting as Rapidly Progressive Dementia
Dementia and Neurocognitive Disorders
; : 83-86, 2017.
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in English
| WPRIM (Western Pacific)
| ID: wpr-29642
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ABSTRACT
BACKGROUND:
An infection known to be a major cause of mild encephalitis/encephalopathy with a reversible splenial lesion (MERS). Rapidly progressive dementia is a neurological condition in which dementia progresses in a short period of time. CASE REPORT We report on a 78-year-old woman presenting with a rapid decline in cognitive function resulting from a scrub typhus infection. Diffusion weighted images showed a signal intensity at the splenium, and subcortical white matter of both hemispheres suggesting MERS. On the neuropsychological test, the patient showed frontal executive dysfunction.CONCLUSIONS:
This case suggests that diagnosticians should consider the possibility that a MERS patient with a rapidly cognitive decline could have a scrub typhus infection because early diagnosis of scrub typhus is very important in this aspect of the treatment.
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Health context:
SDG3 - Target 3.3 End transmission of communicable diseases
Health problem:
Scrub Typhus
Database:
WPRIM (Western Pacific)
Main subject:
Brain Diseases
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Scrub Typhus
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Cognition
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Dementia
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Early Diagnosis
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Diffusion
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White Matter
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Neuropsychological Tests
Type of study:
Diagnostic study
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Screening study
Limits:
Aged
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Female
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Humans
Language:
English
Journal:
Dementia and Neurocognitive Disorders
Year:
2017
Document type:
Article