title: Bilateral thalamic astrocytoma.
abstract: We present a 68-year-old woman who presented with symptoms of frontotemporal dementia. Brain MRI revealed tumor mass in both thalami and according to WHO classification, the tumor corresponded to diffuse fibrillary astrocytoma grade II. This case points to the role of neuroimaging in patients presenting with classical symptoms of dementia.
authors.affiliation: University Department of Neurology, Zagreb School of Medicine and University Hospital Center, Kispatićeva 12, 10000 Zagreb, Croatia. mhabek@mef.hr
authors.forename: Mario
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Habek
authors.forename: Vesna V
authors.initials: VV
authors.lastname: Brinar
authors.forename: Zdenko
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Mubrin
authors.forename: Barbara
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Barun
authors.forename: Kamelija
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Zarković
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000544:Alzheimer Disease / Q000473:pathology; D001254:Astrocytoma / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology*; D001932:Brain Neoplasms / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology*; D003704:Dementia / Q000209:etiology; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D013788:Thalamus / Q000473:pathology*