Case Studies in Dementia: Volume 1

Common and Uncommon Presentations

Serge Gauthier, Pedro Rosa-Neto

• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Year: 2011
• Print ISBN:
  9780521188302
• eBook ISBN:
  9781139065207
• Topic: Medicine
• Subtopic: Neurology

Dementia is amongst the greatest challenges facing the medical profession as the population ages. Accurate diagnosis is essential as many rarer forms of the disease are treatable if recognized early. This collection of case studies from around the world illustrates both common and unusual causes of dementia, emphasizing clinical reasoning, integrative thinking and problem-solving skills. Each case consists of a clinical history, examination findings and special investigations, followed by diagnosis and discussion. The aim is to reinforce diagnostic skills through careful analysis of individual presenting patterns, and to guide treatment decisions, using state-of-the-art diagnostic classification and tools. The reader will be able to distinguish patients who need reassurance, closer follow-up or immediate referral to specialized services. Written and edited by internationally recognized experts in dementia, these case studies will inform and challenge clinicians at all stages of their careers.

Table of contents

• Cover
• Half-title
• Title
• Copyright
• Contents
• Contributors
• Preface
• Acknowledgments
• Introduction to the diagnosis of dementia
• Case 1 Subjective cognitive complaint
• Case 2 Man with subjective complaints but abnormal CSF
• Case 3 When mild cognitive impairment really is Alzheimers disease
• Case 4 Lost for words
• Case 5 Woman with right-sided numbness
• Case 6 Don't be fooled by a misleadingly high MMSE score
• Case 7 Hemiparesis followed by dementia
• Case 8 Young man with behavioral symptoms
• Case 9 Woman with visual complaints
• Case 10 Difficulty playing tennis
• Case 11 Progressive aphasia complicated by intracerebral bleeding
• Case 12 Progressive difficulty with naming and object identification
• Case 13 A lady with weakness, fasciculations, and failing memory
• Case 14 Progressive difficulty producing speech
• Case 15 Young man with progressive speech impairment and weakness
• Case 16 Personality disintegration - it runs in the family
• Case 17 Woman with complaints about her left arm
• Case 18 The aged brain: when the pieces dont fit
• Case 19 Hypersexuality in a 69-year-old man
• Case 20 Man with fluctuating confusion
• Case 21 Man with post-operative cognitive impairment
• Case 22 Penicillin for dementia in a young man
• Case 23 Thiamine for dementia in a young woman
• Case 24 Dizziness in someone with HIV
• Case 25 Case of young man smoking pot but with a mother who died of dementia
• Case 26 University educated man with childish behavior
• Case 27 Frontotemporal lobar dementia vs. solvent intoxication: A piece that does not fit the puzzle
• Case 28 Man with difficulty keeping pace
• Case 29 Young woman with abnormal movements but no family history
• Case 30 Elderly lady with right-sided visual hallucinations
• Case 31 Woman with gait impairment and difficulty reading
• Case 32 Man with problems with reading and calculating
• Case 33 Man with gait impairment and urine incontinence
• Case 34 Falling before forgetting
• Case 35 Man who stopped drinking
• Case 36 Woman with dementia and hepatic disease
• Case 37 Young woman with recurrent "stroke" attacks
• Case 38 Young man with slow cognitive decline
• Case 39 Young woman with lateralized motor symptoms
• Index