TY - JOUR
T1 - Striatal infarcts mimicking frontotemporal dementia
T2 - A case report
AU - Nishio, Y.
AU - Nakano, Y.
AU - Matsumoto, K.
AU - Hashimoto, M.
AU - Kazul, H.
AU - Hirono, N.
AU - Ishii, K.
AU - Mori, Etsuro
PY - 2003/7
Y1 - 2003/7
N2 - We described a patient with bilateral striatal infarcts, in whom stereotyped and disinhibited behaviors were insidiously emerged over 2 years mimicking frontotemporal dementia (FTD). A positron emission tomography with 18-fluorodeoxy glucose showed a hypometabolism in the frontal lobes, basal ganglia, and thalami. The peculiar behavioral alterations remained unchanged for the following 7 years, suggesting that the disease is not degenerative but of vascular origin. A disruption of the fronto-subcortical circuits at the level of the striatum or the anterior thalamic peduncle is attributable to the FTD-like behavioral and cognitive syndrome.
AB - We described a patient with bilateral striatal infarcts, in whom stereotyped and disinhibited behaviors were insidiously emerged over 2 years mimicking frontotemporal dementia (FTD). A positron emission tomography with 18-fluorodeoxy glucose showed a hypometabolism in the frontal lobes, basal ganglia, and thalami. The peculiar behavioral alterations remained unchanged for the following 7 years, suggesting that the disease is not degenerative but of vascular origin. A disruption of the fronto-subcortical circuits at the level of the striatum or the anterior thalamic peduncle is attributable to the FTD-like behavioral and cognitive syndrome.
KW - Anterior thalamic peduncle
KW - Caudate nucleus
KW - Fronto-subcortical circuits
KW - Stereotyped and disinhibited behavior
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U2 - 10.1046/j.1468-1331.2003.00628.x
DO - 10.1046/j.1468-1331.2003.00628.x
M3 - Article
C2 - 12823502
AN - SCOPUS:0042285775
VL - 10
SP - 457
EP - 460
JO - European Journal of Neurology
JF - European Journal of Neurology
SN - 1351-5101
IS - 4
ER -