Een 87-jarige man met late-onset frontotemporale dementie

Translated title of the contribution: An 87-year-old-man with late-onset frontotemporal dementia: a case-study

F. SMEETS, JULES UMMELS, Frans Verhey, BAS VAN ALPHEN

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Abstract

An 87-year-old man showed behavioral disinhibition and nocturnal restlessness as well as shortterm memory problems. We diagnosed late-onset frontotemporal dementia (lo-ftd), a relatively rare disease. Based on the course of the disease progress, we ruled out medication-induced mania and bipolar disorder. Given the results of the CT-scan, we also dismissed the possibility that the patient was suffering from dementia based on Alzheimer's disease and vascular factors that followed an atypical course. Our article illustrates the complexity of the diagnostic process investigating LO-FTD.

Translated title of the contributionAn 87-year-old-man with late-onset frontotemporal dementia: a case-study
Original languageDutch
Pages (from-to)543-546
JournalTijdschrift voor Psychiatrie
Volume58
Issue number7
Publication statusPublished - 2016

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