Isolated central nervous system Whipple's disease causing reversible frontotemporal-like dementia.
We report a patient with a syndrome resembling frontotemporal dementia (FTD); however, on further diagnostic testing, the diagnosis was Whipple's disease. Because Whipple's disease is treatable, it should be considered in the workup of patients with a FTD-like behavioural and cognitive syndrome.
Department of Neurology, University Hospital 12 de Octubre, Madrid, Spain. jbenitol@meditex.es
Julián
J
Benito-León
Laura F
LF
Sedano
Elan D
ED
Louis
D002493:Central Nervous System Diseases / Q000150:complications*; D003072:Cognition Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology; D003704:Dementia / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology; D005625:Frontal Lobe / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D013702:Temporal Lobe / Q000473:pathology; D015899:Tomography, Emission-Computed, Single-Photon; D008061:Whipple Disease / Q000150:complications*