title: Fronto-temporal dementia presenting as Geschwind's syndrome.
abstract: Geschwind described a syndrome (Geschwind syndrome, GS) in patients with temporal lobe epilepsy, characterized by sexual behavioural disorders, hyper-religiosity, hypergraphia and viscosity. In this report we describe a patient affected by fronto-temporal dementia (FTD), who showed all the personality changes of GS without having epilepsy, and suggest that clinicians should be aware of several other features in FTD, such as hyposexuality and hypergraphia, which are usually not noted during the diagnostic evaluation.
authors.affiliation: Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Naples Federico II & AOUP Policlinico Federico II, Naples, Italy. alfposti@unina.it
authors.forename: Alfredo
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Postiglione
authors.forename: Graziella
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Milan
authors.forename: Sabina
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Pappatà
authors.forename: Caterina
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: De Falco
authors.forename: Francesco
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Lamenza
authors.forename: Vincenzo
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Schiattarella
authors.forename: Giovanni
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Gallotta
authors.forename: Paolo
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Sorrentino
authors.forename: Salvatore
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Striano
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D003704:Dementia / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology / Q000503:physiopathology*; D004833:Epilepsy, Temporal Lobe / Q000523:psychology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009483:Neuropsychological Tests; D011618:Psychotic Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology / Q000503:physiopathology*; D013577:Syndrome