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[Differential diagnosis among depressive pseudodementia, frontal dementia and subcortical dementia: a case report]
J M Rodríguez Sánchez1, I Legascue de Larrañaga, J L Carrasco Perera
1Serficio de Psiquiatría, Hospital Clínico San Carlos, Madrid. abere2003@yahoo.es
Abstract:
Among the clinical entities that show cognitive impairments it may sometimes be difficult to reach a diagnosis. That is the case with the differential diagnosis among depressive pseudodementia, subcortical dementia without motor symptoms and predominantly frontal-mesial frontotemporal dementia. This current paper presents one clinical case that illustrates such difficulties. In the first place, clinical, neuropsychological and neuroimaging features as well as common features of these three disorders are described, after which the case, and evolution of the diagnostic process are described.
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