The behavioral variant of frontotemporal dementia: a clinical case
The paper is devoted to frontotemporal dementia (FTD), one of the most common forms of frontotemporal degeneration. The main symptoms of the disease include disinhibition, lack of empathy, obsessive-compulsive symptoms, apathy, cognitive impairment, appetite changes, and progressive changes in socia...
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| author | Yu. V. Kotsyubinskaya V. A. Mikhailov I. K. Stulov N. I. Ananyeva L. I. Sitnik |
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| description | The paper is devoted to frontotemporal dementia (FTD), one of the most common forms of frontotemporal degeneration. The main symptoms of the disease include disinhibition, lack of empathy, obsessive-compulsive symptoms, apathy, cognitive impairment, appetite changes, and progressive changes in social behavior. In parallel, there are personality changes that are characterized by lower levels of self-awareness and by progressive psychological and social maladaptation of patients in society.The paper describes a clinical case of FTD in a female patient with marked behavioral changes and personality disorder. A 52-year-old woman was admitted to the alcoholism treatment department for alcohol intoxication and symptoms of mental confusion. According to her relatives, drinking too much alcohol every day, she was found to become rude, indifferent to others and her own duties, sharply limited the range of her activities and communication, and showed a decline in memory for current events. Psychopathological examination determined a distinct motivational-volitional decrease, the patient’s inability to mobilize mental activity, non-critical thinking, and indifference. X-ray diagnosis revealed the changes characteristic of frontotemporal neurodegeneration (atrophy of the frontal and temporal lobes prevails). The described case confirms that alcohol abuse can mask organic disorders that develop in systemic cerebral atrophy. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-36d1f5ab1afe4edb9b414a41518508472024-10-17T16:15:28ZrusIMA-PRESS LLCНеврология, нейропсихиатрия, психосоматика2074-27112310-13422021-02-01131677310.14412/2074-2711-2021-1-67-731091The behavioral variant of frontotemporal dementia: a clinical caseYu. V. Kotsyubinskaya0V. A. Mikhailov1I. K. Stulov2N. I. Ananyeva3L. I. Sitnik4V.M. Bekhterev National Medical Research Center for Psychiatry and Neurology, Ministry of Health of RussiaV.M. Bekhterev National Medical Research Center for Psychiatry and Neurology, Ministry of Health of RussiaV.M. Bekhterev National Medical Research Center for Psychiatry and Neurology, Ministry of Health of RussiaV.M. Bekhterev National Medical Research Center for Psychiatry and Neurology, Ministry of Health of RussiaV.M. Bekhterev National Medical Research Center for Psychiatry and Neurology, Ministry of Health of RussiaThe paper is devoted to frontotemporal dementia (FTD), one of the most common forms of frontotemporal degeneration. The main symptoms of the disease include disinhibition, lack of empathy, obsessive-compulsive symptoms, apathy, cognitive impairment, appetite changes, and progressive changes in social behavior. In parallel, there are personality changes that are characterized by lower levels of self-awareness and by progressive psychological and social maladaptation of patients in society.The paper describes a clinical case of FTD in a female patient with marked behavioral changes and personality disorder. A 52-year-old woman was admitted to the alcoholism treatment department for alcohol intoxication and symptoms of mental confusion. According to her relatives, drinking too much alcohol every day, she was found to become rude, indifferent to others and her own duties, sharply limited the range of her activities and communication, and showed a decline in memory for current events. Psychopathological examination determined a distinct motivational-volitional decrease, the patient’s inability to mobilize mental activity, non-critical thinking, and indifference. X-ray diagnosis revealed the changes characteristic of frontotemporal neurodegeneration (atrophy of the frontal and temporal lobes prevails). The described case confirms that alcohol abuse can mask organic disorders that develop in systemic cerebral atrophy.https://nnp.ima-press.net/nnp/article/view/1509frontotemporal dementiabehavioral variant of frontotemporal dementiacognitive impairmentdementiadegenerative brain diseasesfunctional magnetic resonance imagingtractography |
| spellingShingle | Yu. V. Kotsyubinskaya V. A. Mikhailov I. K. Stulov N. I. Ananyeva L. I. Sitnik The behavioral variant of frontotemporal dementia: a clinical case Неврология, нейропсихиатрия, психосоматика frontotemporal dementia behavioral variant of frontotemporal dementia cognitive impairment dementia degenerative brain diseases functional magnetic resonance imaging tractography |
| title | The behavioral variant of frontotemporal dementia: a clinical case |
| title_full | The behavioral variant of frontotemporal dementia: a clinical case |
| title_fullStr | The behavioral variant of frontotemporal dementia: a clinical case |
| title_full_unstemmed | The behavioral variant of frontotemporal dementia: a clinical case |
| title_short | The behavioral variant of frontotemporal dementia: a clinical case |
| title_sort | behavioral variant of frontotemporal dementia a clinical case |
| topic | frontotemporal dementia behavioral variant of frontotemporal dementia cognitive impairment dementia degenerative brain diseases functional magnetic resonance imaging tractography |
| url | https://nnp.ima-press.net/nnp/article/view/1509 |
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