title: [To communicate with who doesn't communicate: an "unexplained" fever in an elderly woman with Alzheimer's dementia at an advanced stage].
abstract: Fever of unknown origin is per se a -diagnostic challenge. In elderly patients with advanced Alzheimer disease the impairment of verbal communication adds another critical element. We describe the clinical case of an elderly woman in which fever, proved secondary to Horton disease, was accompanied by manifestations misinterpreted as behavioral disorders.
authors.forename: Ciro
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Manzo
mesh_terms: D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D000544:Alzheimer Disease / Q000503:physiopathology*; D003142:Communication; D005260:Female; D005335:Fever of Unknown Origin / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology; D013700:Giant Cell Arteritis / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006801:Humans