Alzheimer's disease in a patient with posterior cortical atrophy.
Posterior cortical atrophy (PCA) is characterised by slowly progressive dementia with cognitive and perceptual deficits suggestive of bilateral parieto-occipital disease. A case is reported of a patient with PCA and neuropathological findings consistent with Alzheimer's disease.
Berthier
M L
ML
Neurology Service, Hospital Clinic and Provincial, Barcelona, Spain.
Leiguarda
R
R
Starkstein
S E
SE
Sevlever
G
G
Taratuto
A L
AL
D000544:Alzheimer Disease / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology* / Q000503:physiopathology; D001284:Atrophy / Q000473:pathology / Q000503:physiopathology; D002540:Cerebral Cortex / Q000473:pathology* / Q000503:physiopathology; D003072:Cognition Disorders / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology / Q000503:physiopathology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D009778:Occipital Lobe / Q000473:pathology / Q000503:physiopathology; D010296:Parietal Lobe / Q000473:pathology / Q000503:physiopathology