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Unusual Case of Presenile Dementia–A Clinical Case Report
Author(s) -
Mitsuyama Yoshio,
Fukunaga Hiromitsu
Publication year - 1982
Publication title -
psychiatry and clinical neurosciences
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.609
H-Index - 74
eISSN - 1440-1819
pISSN - 1323-1316
DOI - 10.1111/j.1440-1819.1982.tb00265.x
Subject(s) - dementia , atrophy , disturbance (geology) , psychology , audiology , medicine , pathology , disease , paleontology , biology
A predominant disturbance of expressive language function was the first and outstanding manifestation of presenile dementia in a 40‐year‐old female. A CT‐scan revealed a moderate atrophy in the frontal, triangular and opercular regions. This is an unusual case of presenile dementia with an aphasic disturbance of language as the initial symptom.