Dementia With Lewy Bodies Diagnosed by Cognitive Fluctuation After Anticholinergic Medication.
- Author:
Bon D KU
1
;
Han Uk YOO
Author Information
1. Department of Neurology, Myongji Hospital, Kwandong University College of Medicine, Goyang, Korea. neurodasan@paran.com
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords:
Dementia with Lewy bodies;
Visual hallucination;
Anticholinergics
- MeSH:
Aged;
Cholinergic Antagonists;
Dementia;
Hallucinations;
Humans;
Lewy Bodies;
Memory;
Neuropsychological Tests;
Parkinsonian Disorders;
Tremor
- From:Journal of the Korean Neurological Association
2008;26(3):254-258
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
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Abstract:
Dementia with Lewy bodies (DLB) usually presents with progressive cognitive decline and parkinsonism. We report a 68-year-old man who showed parkinsonism including resting tremor and mild cognitive decline. After anticholinergic medication, he showed recurrent visual hallucination. Neuropsychological tests revealed frontal and memory impairments. PET showed hypometabolism in the primary visual and visual association cortices. It is necessary to consider the possibility of DLB as well as anticholinergic side effect when visual hallucination occurs during the treatment of parkinsonism.
