title: Agenesis of corpus callosum and frontotemporal dementia: a casual finding?
abstract: Agenesis of corpus callosum (AgCC) is a congenital malformation characterized by total or partial absence of corpus callosum with a good neuropsychological profile. Frontotemporal dementia (FTD) is the third most common cause of cortical dementia, and it is characterized by alterations in personality and social relationship, often associated with deficits in attention, abstraction, planning, and problem solving. Herein, we report a case of a 73-year-old woman presenting with FTD associated with primary AgCC. The possible "causal or casual" relationship between these 2 different conditions should be investigated in large prospective studies.
authors.affiliation: IRCCS Centro Neurolesi "Bonino-Pulejo", Messina, Italy salbro77@tiscali.it.
authors.forename: Rocco Salvatore
authors.initials: RS
authors.lastname: Calabrò
authors.affiliation: IRCCS Centro Neurolesi "Bonino-Pulejo", Messina, Italy.
authors.forename: Letteria
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Spadaro
authors.affiliation: IRCCS Centro Neurolesi "Bonino-Pulejo", Messina, Italy.
authors.forename: Angela
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Marra
authors.affiliation: IRCCS Centro Neurolesi "Bonino-Pulejo", Messina, Italy.
authors.forename: Tina
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Balletta
authors.affiliation: IRCCS Centro Neurolesi "Bonino-Pulejo", Messina, Italy.
authors.forename: Simona
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Cammaroto
authors.affiliation: IRCCS Centro Neurolesi "Bonino-Pulejo", Messina, Italy.
authors.forename: Placido
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Bramanti
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D061085:Agenesis of Corpus Callosum / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000453:epidemiology; D015897:Comorbidity; D005260:Female; D057180:Frontotemporal Dementia / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000453:epidemiology; D006801:Humans
keywords: agenesis; aging; corpus callosum; dementia