An unusual presentation of Huntington ’s disease
We describe the case of a 59-year-old woman who exhibited psychotic symptoms, cognitive dysfunction, and restlessness. While the clinical picture and 18F-FDG PET/CT suggested the presence of a tauopathy, especially frontotemporal dementia or progressive supranuclear palsy, genetic testing eventually revealed Huntington's disease. AbstractWe describe the case of a 59-year-old woman who exhibited psychotic symptoms, cognitive dysfunction, and restlessness. While the clinical picture and 18F-FDG PET/CT suggested the presence of a tauopathy, especially frontotemporal dementia or progressive supranuclear palsy, genetic testing eventually revealed Huntington's disease.
Source: Clinical Case Reports - Category: General Medicine Authors: Martin Schulze Westhoff,
Alma Osmanovic,
Catharina Meissner,
Johannes Heck,
Nima Mahmoudi,
Corinna Hendrich,
Georg Berding,
Johanna Seifert,
Stefan Bleich,
Helge Frieling,
Tillmann Kr üger,
Adrian Groh Tags: CASE REPORT Source Type: research
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