Severe Right Internal Carotid Artery Stenosis Mimicking Behavioral Variant Frontotemporal Dementia.
10.17340/jkna.2017.35.3.3
- Author:
Dong Wook NAMGUNG
1
;
Yong Bum KIM
;
Pil Wook CHUNG
;
Heui Soo MOON
;
Bum Chun SUH
;
Won Tae YOON
;
Woo Hyun SON
;
Hong Jik KIM
;
In Woo PARK
Author Information
1. Department of Neurology, Kangbuk Samsung Hospital, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Seoul, Korea. kybzzz@gmail.com
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords:
Frontotemporal dementia;
Carotid stenosis;
Carotid artery stenting
- MeSH:
Aged;
Apathy;
Behavioral Symptoms;
Carotid Artery, Internal*;
Carotid Stenosis*;
Cerebrovascular Disorders;
Delusions;
Female;
Follow-Up Studies;
Frontotemporal Dementia*;
Humans;
Magnetic Resonance Angiography;
Magnetic Resonance Imaging;
Memory, Episodic;
Positron-Emission Tomography;
Social Behavior;
Stents
- From:Journal of the Korean Neurological Association
2017;35(3):133-137
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
Many kinds of degenerative, psychiatric, and cerebrovascular diseases can mimic behavioral variant frontotemporal dementia. We present a 73-year-old woman who presented with apathy, inappropriate social behavior, and persecutory delusion. A neuropsychological examination revealed frontal/executive dysfunction with relative sparing of episodic memory. Magnetic resonance imaging and F-18 fluorodeoxyglucose positron-emission tomography produced normal findings. However, magnetic resonance angiography revealed severe right internal carotid stenosis. After carotid stenting, her behavioral symptoms disappeared and did not recur during an 18-month follow-up.
