["Boxer's dementia" without motor signs].
BACKGROUND
The neurological complications related to boxing include dementia. Boxer's dementia is generally associated with severe motor impairment.


METHODS
A former professional boxer presented dementia with no motor signs. The diagnostic discussion was based on clinical observations, and neuropsychological and supplementary explorations, and eliminated all other etiological hypotheses.


CONCLUSIONS
This case draws attention to the possibility of cognitive disorders without motor impairment in the neurological complications of boxing.
Naccache
L
L
Fédération de Neurologie, Hôpital de la Pitié-Salpêtrière, Paris. naccache@shfj.cea.fr
Slachevsky
A
A
Deweer
B
B
Habert
M O
MO
Dubois
B
B
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