臨床神経学

第49回日本神経学会総会

<シンポジウム9-4>前頭側頭型認知症(FTD)をめぐる基礎と臨床の最前線
FTLD・FTDの初期臨床像

岡本 幸市

群馬大学大学院医学系研究科脳神経内科学〔〒371-8511 前橋市昭和町3-39-22〕

Frontotemporal lobar degeneration (FTLD) is the third most common cause of cortical dementia, following Alzheimer disease and dementia with Lewy body.
Clinical criteria of FTLD were reviewed, and the initial symptoms, early neuropsychological and behavioral characteristics were also reviewed.
In our own 205 ALS patients, 20 patients were dementia with ALS. In those cases, early and progressive loss of social awareness and insight and paragraphia were frequently observed. In ALS patients, especially patients with bulbar symptoms, we must carefully examine the mental functions and study the brains with MRI and SPECT/PET for detection of frontotemporal dysfunction.
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(臨床神経, 48:999−1001, 2008)
key words:前頭側頭葉変性症, 前頭側頭型認知症, 認知症, 運動ニューロン疾患, 筋萎縮性側索硬化症

(受付日:2008年5月17日)