Atypical clinical manifestation of dementia: a progressive visuospatial deficit

Mehmet Güney ŞENOL; Hakan TEKELİ; Erdem TOĞROL; Mehmet SARAÇOĞLU

Makale detayları

Atypical clinical manifestation of dementia: a progressive visuospatial deficit

Yazarlar:

Mehmet Güney ŞENOL | Hakan TEKELİ | Erdem TOĞROL | Mehmet SARAÇOĞLU

Yayıncı:

TUBITAK

Dergi:

Turkish Journal of Medical Sciences 2010 Vol.40 Issue 6, pp.977-981

Belge Tipi:

Makale

Yayın Tarihi:

5/2010

Belge Dili:

Türkçe

Document ID (Org No.):

2000754923

Sıklık:

İki Aylık

eISSN:

1303-6165

pISSN:

1300-0144

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Özet:

 

Clinically and neuropathologically dementia is a very heterogeneous disease. Alzheimer's disease (Alzheimer disease, AD), the most common cause of dementia, is an acquired cognitive and behavioral impairment of sufficient severity that markedly interferes with social and occupational functioning. This disease may be manifested as progressive memory problems, visuospatial deterioration, aphasia and/or deficits of executive functions. The patient we report here is a 73-year-old female patient with loss of ability of finding directions and understanding the shapes of materials. Her complaints increased progressively during the last two years. Even if she had retired from tailoring, she had deterioration in the visuospatial tests. Also there was occipitoparietal involvement in her cranial MR imaging, SPECT, and PET investigations. In this article a patient with a progressive visuospatial deficit, as an atypical presentation of Alzheimer's disease, will be described.

 

Clinically and neuropathologically dementia is a very heterogeneous disease. Alzheimer's disease (Alzheimer disease, AD), the most common cause of dementia, is an acquired cognitive and behavioral impairment of sufficient severity that markedly interferes with social and occupational functioning. This disease may be manifested as progressive memory problems, visuospatial deterioration, aphasia and/or deficits of executive functions. The patient we report here is a 73-year-old female patient with loss of ability of finding directions and understanding the shapes of materials. Her complaints increased progressively during the last two years. Even if she had retired from tailoring, she had deterioration in the visuospatial tests. Also there was occipitoparietal involvement in her cranial MR imaging, SPECT, and PET investigations. In this article a patient with a progressive visuospatial deficit, as an atypical presentation of Alzheimer's disease, will be described.

Makale detayları

Atypical clinical manifestation of dementia: a progressive visuospatial deficit

Yazarlar:

Mehmet Güney ŞENOL | Hakan TEKELİ | Erdem TOĞROL | Mehmet SARAÇOĞLU

Yayıncı:

TUBITAK

Dergi:

Turkish Journal of Medical Sciences 2010 Vol.40 Issue 6, pp.977-981

Belge Tipi:

Makale

Yayın Tarihi:

5/2010

Belge Dili:

Türkçe

Document ID (Org No.):

2000754923

Sıklık:

İki Aylık

eISSN:

1303-6165

pISSN:

1300-0144

Key words: Progressive visuospatial deficit

Alzheimer's disease

dementia

Sayı

Makale detayları

Atypical clinical manifestation of dementia: a progressive visuospatial deficit

Yazarlar: Mehmet Güney ŞENOL | Hakan TEKELİ | Erdem TOĞROL | Mehmet SARAÇOĞLU

Yayıncı: TUBITAK

Dergi: Turkish Journal of Medical Sciences 2010 Vol.40 Issue 6, pp.977-981

Belge Tipi: Makale

Yayın Tarihi: 5/2010

Belge Dili: Türkçe

Document ID (Org No.): 2000754923

Sıklık: İki Aylık

eISSN: 1303-6165

pISSN: 1300-0144

Key words: Progressive visuospatial deficit

Alzheimer's disease

dementia

Sayı

Yazarlar:

Mehmet Güney ŞENOL | Hakan TEKELİ | Erdem TOĞROL | Mehmet SARAÇOĞLU

Yayıncı:

TUBITAK

Dergi:

Turkish Journal of Medical Sciences 2010 Vol.40 Issue 6, pp.977-981

Belge Tipi:

Makale

Yayın Tarihi:

5/2010

Belge Dili:

Türkçe

Document ID (Org No.):

2000754923

Sıklık:

İki Aylık

eISSN:

1303-6165

pISSN:

1300-0144