Dementia presenting with sore eyes.
A patient who presented with soreness of her eyes was given a diagnosis of dementia of the frontal type (DFT) complicated by a major depressive illness. The report illustrates the multiplicity of presenting symptoms in patients with dementia. Resistance to treatment is often an indication that a depressive disorder is symptomatic of underlying organic brain disease.
Kisely
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University Hospital of South Manchester.
Tweddle
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Pugh
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D003704:Dementia / Q000150:complications*; D003866:Depressive Disorder / Q000150:complications; D005128:Eye Diseases / Q000209:etiology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D010146:Pain / Q000209:etiology