title: From narcissistic personality disorder to frontotemporal dementia: a case report.
abstract: Premorbid personality characteristics could have a pathoplastic effect on behavioral symptoms and personality changes related to neurodegenerative diseases. Patients with personality disorders, in particular of the dramatic cluster, may present functional frontolimbic abnormalities. May these neurobiological vulnerabilities linked to a premorbid personality disorder predispose or represent a risk factor to subsequently develop a neurodegenerative disorder? Are subjects with personality disorders more at risk to develop a dementia than mentally healthy subjects? This topic is discussed presenting the clinical case of a patient who suffered of a probable Narcissistic Personality Disorder and subsequently developed a clinically diagnosed Frontotemporal Dementia.
authors: Neurology Unit, Versilia Hospital, Lido di Camaiore, Italy.
authors: Michele
authors: M
authors: Poletti
authors: Ubaldo
authors: U
authors: Bonuccelli