Three Cases of Frontotemporal Dementia.
- Author:
Eyong KIM
1
;
Jaegyeong KIM
;
Yuri LEE
;
Man Kil SEO
;
Geum Seok WOO
;
Yong Lee JANG
;
Ji Hae KIM
;
Yeon Lim SUH
;
Sang Eun KIM
;
Doh Kwan KIM
Author Information
1. Department of Psychiatry, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords:
Frontotemporal dementia;
Dementia;
Diagnosis
- MeSH:
Alzheimer Disease;
Brain;
Dementia;
Diagnosis;
Fluorodeoxyglucose F18;
Frontotemporal Dementia*;
Magnetic Resonance Imaging;
Neuroimaging;
Neuropsychological Tests;
Positron-Emission Tomography
- From:Journal of Korean Neuropsychiatric Association
1999;38(6):1511-1521
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
Frontotemporal dementia is a common cause of dementia and distinguished from Alzheimer's disease. Because its clinical symptoms are characterized by slow progressive social breakdown and change of personality before cognitive impairments become prominent, it may be diagosed as other psychiatric disease. We have presented three cases of frontotemporal dementia. They had typical clinical histories and symptoms which deserve to be considered frontotemporal dementia. They showed appropriate findings of frontotemporal dementia in the neuropsychological tests and brain imaging study with brain magnetic resonance imaging and 18F-FDG positron emission tomography. Their clinical histories and findings are thought to be helpful for clinician to give attention to and diagnose frontotemporal dementia.
