title: [A patient with asbestosis, chorea and neuropsychiatric symptoms].
abstract: A patient with known asbestosis and a recent chorea was admitted for analysis of increasing disturbances of mobility, memory and social unacceptable behavior. At physical examination only minor neurological signs were seen. Additional investigations (among others CT-brain and PET-scan) suggested early M. Alzheimer. Two months later, the patient was readmitted with pneumonia and delirium. A literature review revealed some reports of vague neurological symptoms. An association between asbestos and the disorders in this patient was considered unlikely . An approach is proposed for asbestosis patients with vague neurological and/or psychiatric symptoms.
authors.affiliation: Specialist Ouderengeneeskunde in opleiding, Verpleeghuis Elisabeth, Goirle, The Netherlands.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Torreman
authors.forename: D C
authors.initials: DC
authors.lastname: de Lange
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D001195:Asbestosis / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis*; D002819:Chorea / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009483:Neuropsychological Tests