Frontal lobe dementia presenting as personality disorder.
The early differential diagnosis of frontal lobe dementia is particularly difficult because changes of personality or behaviour overwhelm intellectual and cognitive impairments. We report the case of a patient presenting with paranoid personality disorder who refused to collaborate in neuropsychological testing. Initial functional imaging showed frontal hypometabolism that served as an early marker of frontal lobe dysfunction.
Salmon
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Cyclotron Research Centre, University of Liège, Belgium.
Degueldre
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Franco
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Franck
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D001921:Brain / Q000473:pathology; D003704:Dementia / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D003952:Diagnostic Imaging; D005625:Frontal Lobe / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010554:Personality Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis*