Thalamic stroke mimicking frontotemporal dementia: a case report

2012

Background: The behavioral variant of frontotemporal dementia (bvFTD) is characterized by changes of personality, social behavior and cognition and relies on a neurodegenerative process. However, vascular lesions affecting subcortical structures may result in a clinical syndrome resembling bvFTD. Objective: To describe a case of thalamic stroke resulting in frontal dementia. Case report: A 58-year-old man was referred to our hospital because of behavioral and cognitive changes formerly diagnosed as bvFTD. In 2010, he suddenly presented loss of consciousness and in the next days he developed amnesia, apathy and personality changes. Toxicological exams, CSF analysis and CT scan were normal at…