Dementia with parkinsonism: what is the diagnosis?
The case presented highlights the difficult differential diagnosis of dementia with parkinsonism. Many disorders affecting the frontal-subcortical circuits produce the triad of impaired cognition, movement disorder, and neuropsychiatric symptoms. The 72-year-old patient whose case is reviewed here had abnormalities in all three domains.
Chong
Mei S
MS
Department of Neurology, The David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Los Angeles, CA, USA.
Vinters
Harry V
HV
Gustavson
Andrew R
AR
Cummings
Jeffrey L
JL
D000368:Aged; D001921:Brain / Q000473:pathology; D003704:Dementia / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000523:psychology; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D000077265:Donepezil; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D006801:Humans; D007091:Image Processing, Computer-Assisted; D007189:Indans / Q000627:therapeutic use; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D009483:Neuropsychological Tests; D018697:Nootropic Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D010300:Parkinson Disease / Q000150:complications* / Q000523:psychology; D010880:Piperidines / Q000627:therapeutic use; D011569:Psychiatric Status Rating Scales
D007189:Indans; D018697:Nootropic Agents; D010880:Piperidines; D000077265:Donepezil