title: [Diagnostic difficulties linked to frontotemporal dementia--case study].
abstract: The authors present the case study of a 47-year-old woman affected by frontotemporal dementia with a 19-year history of mental disorders. Due to increasing intensity of affective and behavioural disorders and spontaneous suicidal attempts the patient was hospitalized 14 times in psychiatric wards. Despite the treatment with drugs of different groups was conducted, no stable positive outcome was obtained.
authors.affiliation: Klinika Psychiatrii Dorosłych, II Katedry Chorób Układu Nerwowego UM w Łodzi.
authors.forename: Adam
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Wysokiński
authors.forename: Wojciech
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Gruszczyński
mesh_terms: D001921:Brain / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology; D008875:Middle Aged; D019964:Mood Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology; D009483:Neuropsychological Tests; D020774:Pick Disease of the Brain / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D012893:Sleep Wake Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology; D015899:Tomography, Emission-Computed, Single-Photon