Onset of psychosis at age 81? With regard to frontal lobe syndromes
When the frontal lobe of the brain is affected important behavioral changes may occur mainly at the level of executive functioning, i.e., planning, decision-making, judgment and self-perception. However, the behavioral changes may be of different nature with marked indifference and apathy. We report...
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| author | Patrícia Pedro Diogo Telles-Correia Iolanda Godinho Carlos Chagas |
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| description | When the frontal lobe of the brain is affected important behavioral changes may occur mainly at the level of executive functioning, i.e., planning, decision-making, judgment and self-perception. However, the behavioral changes may be of different nature with marked indifference and apathy. We report a clinical case of an 81-year-old patient with sudden onset of behavioral changes that were initially interpreted as an acute confusional episode of infectious etiology, but actually they were due to an ischemic lesion in the frontal lobe. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-b62c1ccbc8e74a378551af755315b54c2022-12-21T19:27:18ZengInstituto Israelita de Ensino e Pesquisa Albert EinsteinEinstein (São Paulo)2317-638513461561710.1590/S1679-45082015RC3004S1679-45082015000400615Onset of psychosis at age 81? With regard to frontal lobe syndromesPatrícia PedroDiogo Telles-CorreiaIolanda GodinhoCarlos ChagasWhen the frontal lobe of the brain is affected important behavioral changes may occur mainly at the level of executive functioning, i.e., planning, decision-making, judgment and self-perception. However, the behavioral changes may be of different nature with marked indifference and apathy. We report a clinical case of an 81-year-old patient with sudden onset of behavioral changes that were initially interpreted as an acute confusional episode of infectious etiology, but actually they were due to an ischemic lesion in the frontal lobe.http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1679-45082015000400615&lng=en&tlng=enFrontal lobe/pathologyAgedConduct disorderPsychopathologyCase reports |
| spellingShingle | Patrícia Pedro Diogo Telles-Correia Iolanda Godinho Carlos Chagas Onset of psychosis at age 81? With regard to frontal lobe syndromes Einstein (São Paulo) Frontal lobe/pathology Aged Conduct disorder Psychopathology Case reports |
| title | Onset of psychosis at age 81? With regard to frontal lobe syndromes |
| title_full | Onset of psychosis at age 81? With regard to frontal lobe syndromes |
| title_fullStr | Onset of psychosis at age 81? With regard to frontal lobe syndromes |
| title_full_unstemmed | Onset of psychosis at age 81? With regard to frontal lobe syndromes |
| title_short | Onset of psychosis at age 81? With regard to frontal lobe syndromes |
| title_sort | onset of psychosis at age 81 with regard to frontal lobe syndromes |
| topic | Frontal lobe/pathology Aged Conduct disorder Psychopathology Case reports |
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