Progressive hemiparesis in frontal lobe degeneration.
Hemiparesis has rarely been observed in frontal lobe degeneration (FLD). We describe the clinical, neuropsychological and neuroimaging findings of a patient in whom a slowly evolving hemiparesis was the principal symptom of FLD, and of 2 demented patients in whom hemiparesis was an early and prominent symptom. The occurrence of central motor deficits in FLD is reviewed, and a synopsis of the differential diagnosis of hemiparesis in neurodegenerative diseases is given.
Schmidtke
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Department of Neurology, University of Freiburg, Germany. schmidtk@nzli.ukl.uni-freiburg.de
Hiersemenzel
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D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D001284:Atrophy; D002421:Caudate Nucleus / Q000473:pathology; D003704:Dementia / Q000175:diagnosis*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004292:Dominance, Cerebral / Q000502:physiology; D005260:Female; D005625:Frontal Lobe / Q000473:pathology*; D006429:Hemiplegia / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009410:Nerve Degeneration / Q000502:physiology; D009460:Neurologic Examination; D013702:Temporal Lobe / Q000473:pathology; D015899:Tomography, Emission-Computed, Single-Photon; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed