A case of sporadic Pick disease with onset at 27 years.
BACKGROUND
Pick disease is an uncommon cause of dementia in middle age, and young-onset cases have rarely been reported.


METHODS
A specialist hospital.


METHODS
Patient with onset of cognitive impairment at the age of 27 years whose cerebral biopsy specimen demonstrated Pick cells and tau-positive Pick bodies.


CONCLUSIONS
Pick disease should be considered in the differential diagnosis of dementia in young adults.
Jacob
J
J
Institute of Neurology and the National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery, London, England.
Revesz
T
T
Thom
M
M
Rossor
M N
MN
D000328:Adult; D017668:Age of Onset; D001284:Atrophy; D003593:Cytoplasm / Q000473:pathology; D003704:Dementia / Q000473:pathology*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D009474:Neurons / Q000473:pathology; D020774:Pick Disease of the Brain / Q000473:pathology*