TY - JOUR
T1 - Ludopatía y epilepsia en demencia frontotemporal
T2 - Reporte de dos casos
AU - Castro-Suarez, Sheila
AU - Martinez, Peggy
AU - Meza Vega, Maria
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2016, Instituto Nacional de Salud. All rights reserved.
Copyright:
Copyright 2018 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved.
PY - 2016/7/1
Y1 - 2016/7/1
N2 - Frontotemporal dementia is a neurodegenerative disorder of which the behavioral variant is most common. This condition is currently considered the most common cause of dementia in people younger than 60 years. Here, we present two unrelated cases in which the typical symptoms were cognitive and behavioral progressive deterioration and psychiatric disorders such as disinhibition, impulsive acts, apathy, lack of empathy, stereotypies, and changes in eating habits. The first case exhibited pathological gambling as the initial symptom and resided in a psychiatric facility for a year. Notably, this was the second such case in Latin America and one of only a few such cases reported worldwide. The second case presented with epileptic seizures during evolution. In both cases, brain magnetic resonance revealed left-predominant frontotemporal atrophy, and alterations in executive function were evident during neuropsychological assessments.
AB - Frontotemporal dementia is a neurodegenerative disorder of which the behavioral variant is most common. This condition is currently considered the most common cause of dementia in people younger than 60 years. Here, we present two unrelated cases in which the typical symptoms were cognitive and behavioral progressive deterioration and psychiatric disorders such as disinhibition, impulsive acts, apathy, lack of empathy, stereotypies, and changes in eating habits. The first case exhibited pathological gambling as the initial symptom and resided in a psychiatric facility for a year. Notably, this was the second such case in Latin America and one of only a few such cases reported worldwide. The second case presented with epileptic seizures during evolution. In both cases, brain magnetic resonance revealed left-predominant frontotemporal atrophy, and alterations in executive function were evident during neuropsychological assessments.
KW - Behavioral
KW - Dementia
KW - Frontotemporal dementia
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U2 - 10.17843/rpmesp.2016.333.2332
DO - 10.17843/rpmesp.2016.333.2332
M3 - Artículo
C2 - 27831627
AN - SCOPUS:84992093035
SN - 1726-4634
VL - 33
SP - 588
EP - 592
JO - Revista Peruana de Medicina de Experimental y Salud Publica
JF - Revista Peruana de Medicina de Experimental y Salud Publica
IS - 3
ER -