Depressive Symptome als Erstmanifestation einer posterioren kortikalen Atrophie

Autor:	I. Uttner, Robert Christian Wolf, N. D. Osterfeld
Rok vydání:	2010
Předmět:	Pediatrics medicine.medical_specialty Neurodegeneration Neuropsychology Posterior cortical atrophy Cognition Disease medicine.disease Psychiatry and Mental health Neurology medicine Dementia Neurology (clinical) medicine.symptom Major depressive episode Psychology Psychiatry
Zdroj:	Fortschritte der Neurologie · Psychiatrie. 78:226-229
ISSN:	1439-3522 0720-4299
DOI:	10.1055/s-0029-1245205
Popis:	Posterior cortical atrophy (PCA) is a neurodegenerative disease which leads to a dementing syndrome that involves an irreversible impairment of higher visual and spatial functions. Memory and language functions generally tend to be preserved better than in other types of dementia including Alzheimer’s disease. Here we report a case of PCA, which initially was diagnosed and treated for about a year as a major depressive episode. While most patients initially present with neurologic symptoms, in some PCA cases secondary manifestations, such as e. g. affective symptoms, might appear before the onset of overt cognitive dysfunction. In some cases, this might lead to a diagnostic delay of this neurodegenerative disease.
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
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