Dysexecutive mild cognitive impairment associated to frontal atrophy: Case report

Dysexecutive mild cognitive impairment associated to frontal atrophy: Case report

Abstract Non-amnestic mild cognitive impairment (MCI) evolving to neurodegenerative diseases other than Alzheimer's disease (AD) is rarely well documented. We report a case of a 49 year-old woman who presented a slowly progressive attentional/dysexecutive syndrome sparing other cognitive domains and without significant impairment of daily life activities. Her mother had Parkinsonism and her brother, a psychotic syndrome. Brain CT/MRI showed frontal atrophy while brain SPECT showed moderate cortical hypoperfusion, mainly in the frontal lobes. Our case is an example of non-memory MCI whose neuropsychological data and brain imaging indicating high likelihood of progression to a non-AD dementia.

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Main Authors: Balthazar,Marcio Luiz Figueredo, Damasceno,Benito Pereira
Format: Digital revista
Language:English
Published: Academia Brasileira de Neurologia, Departamento de Neurologia Cognitiva e Envelhecimento 2008
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spelling oai:scielo:S1980-576420080001000762016-09-13Dysexecutive mild cognitive impairment associated to frontal atrophy: Case reportBalthazar,Marcio Luiz FigueredoDamasceno,Benito Pereira mild cognitive impairment executive function Alzheimer's disease frontotemporal dementia Abstract Non-amnestic mild cognitive impairment (MCI) evolving to neurodegenerative diseases other than Alzheimer's disease (AD) is rarely well documented. We report a case of a 49 year-old woman who presented a slowly progressive attentional/dysexecutive syndrome sparing other cognitive domains and without significant impairment of daily life activities. Her mother had Parkinsonism and her brother, a psychotic syndrome. Brain CT/MRI showed frontal atrophy while brain SPECT showed moderate cortical hypoperfusion, mainly in the frontal lobes. Our case is an example of non-memory MCI whose neuropsychological data and brain imaging indicating high likelihood of progression to a non-AD dementia.info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessAcademia Brasileira de Neurologia, Departamento de Neurologia Cognitiva e EnvelhecimentoDementia & Neuropsychologia v.2 n.1 20082008-03-01info:eu-repo/semantics/reporttext/htmlhttp://old.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1980-57642008000100076en10.1590/S1980-57642009DN20100015
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Dysexecutive mild cognitive impairment associated to frontal atrophy: Case report
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title Dysexecutive mild cognitive impairment associated to frontal atrophy: Case report
title_short Dysexecutive mild cognitive impairment associated to frontal atrophy: Case report
title_full Dysexecutive mild cognitive impairment associated to frontal atrophy: Case report
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title_full_unstemmed Dysexecutive mild cognitive impairment associated to frontal atrophy: Case report
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description Abstract Non-amnestic mild cognitive impairment (MCI) evolving to neurodegenerative diseases other than Alzheimer's disease (AD) is rarely well documented. We report a case of a 49 year-old woman who presented a slowly progressive attentional/dysexecutive syndrome sparing other cognitive domains and without significant impairment of daily life activities. Her mother had Parkinsonism and her brother, a psychotic syndrome. Brain CT/MRI showed frontal atrophy while brain SPECT showed moderate cortical hypoperfusion, mainly in the frontal lobes. Our case is an example of non-memory MCI whose neuropsychological data and brain imaging indicating high likelihood of progression to a non-AD dementia.
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