Open AccessPick’s disease and subdural haematoma: A diagnostic red herring
Author(s) -
Philip Adebayo,
Funmilola T. Taiwo,
Fatma A. Bakshi,
Sunham Nur
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
annals of health research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2536-6149
DOI - 10.30442/ahr.0501-15-45
Subject(s) - frontotemporal dementia , dementia , etiology , disease , medicine , pediatrics , psychology , psychiatry , pathology
Frontotemporal dementia (FTD), otherwise known as Pick’s disease, is a clinically heterogeneous group of sporadic and familial neurodegenerative diseases. These conditions are characterized by dementia, behavioural and language dysfunction and loss of executive skills resulting from the degeneration of the frontal and temporal lobes. Although reversible causes of dementia are always sought during the evaluation of patients with progressive cognitive decline, the occurrence of a reversible aetiology may distract from evaluating for neurodegenerative causes of dementia. This report is about a 66-year old man with features of FTD and superimposed chronic subdural haematoma.