Naslov
Fronto-temporal Dementia with Early Onset

Autori
Sabo, Tamara ; Bošnjak, Dina ; Jukić, Vlado ; Bilić, Petar

Izvornik
European Psychiatry (0924-9338) 41 (2017); S663-S664

Vrsta, podvrsta i kategorija rada
Radovi u časopisima, kratko priopcenje, ostalo

Ključne riječi
frontotemporal dementia ; early onset ; dementia

Sažetak
Introduction Even though it is not the most common type of dementia, frontotemporal dementia (FTD) is a major health problem. It affects people younger than 65 with similar frequency as Alzheimer's dementia (AD) and has a progressive course that leads to inevitable deterioration in functioning. Still, FTD is not a unique entity in ICD- 10 classification. Objectives To investigate the diagnostic and treatment difficulties in FTD. Aims To show very rapid and progressive deterioration in people with early onset FTD. Methods We will present a series of cases showing progressive cognitive deterioration and prominent personality changes in patients with FTD hospitalised at University Psychiatric Hospital Vrapce since 2013 to 2015. Collected data included anamnestic and heteroanamnestic information, blood tests and neroimaging. Results Our findings showed a significance of early onset FTD, with subtle, untypical symptoms at the beginning, and galloping deterioration during the course of illness. Conclusions Presented patients with FTD showed rapid and progressive nature of disease with infaust prognosis. Even though early onset patients make 20% of overall number of patients with FTD, we consider that it is necessary to separate them from late onset patients in future classification systems.

Izvorni jezik
Engleski

Znanstvena područja
Kliničke medicinske znanosti

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