Dementia Flashcards
1
Q
subtle, insidious amnestic/non amnestic presentations
A
Alzheimer’s
Amyloid and Tau
Low amyloid and high Tau in CSF
Hippocampus atrophy seen on MRI
2
Q
related to cerebrovascular diseases with a classical step-wise deterioration +- multiple infarcts
A
Vascular dementia
3
Q
cognitive impairment before/within 1 year of Parkinsonian symptoms, visual hallucinations and fluctuating cognition
A
Dementia with Lewy bodies
REM sleep disorder
Alpha synuclein
No hippocampus atrophy
4
Q
behaviour variant FTD, semantic dementia, progressive non-fluent aphasia
A
Frontotemporal dementia
Blood test normal
MRI show volume loss in temporal lobes and frontal opercula
