Motor neuron disease-inclusion dementia presenting as cortical-basal ganglionic degeneration

Mov Disord. 1999 Jul;14(4):674-80. doi: 10.1002/1531-8257(199907)14:4<674::aid-mds1019>3.0.co;2-x.

Abstract

The frontotemporal dementias are a group of relatively new and evolving clinical and pathologic entities. The predominant frontal-temporal atrophy causes a variety of clinical syndromes, usually dominated by disturbances in behavior, mood, and speech. The motor neuron disease-inclusion dementia (MNDID) subtype is characterized by the accumulation of specific intraneuronal ubiquitin-immunoreactive inclusions with the complete absence of tau immunoreactivity. We present a patient with the clinical and neuroimaging characteristics of a highly asymmetric neurodegenerative condition distinguished by limb rigidity, bradykinesia, dystonia with an alien limb phenomenon, cortical sensory findings, and limb apraxia. His premorbid diagnosis was cortical-basal ganglionic degeneration but he had the typical histologic features of a frontotemporal dementia of the MNDID subtype.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Basal Ganglia Diseases / diagnosis
  • Basal Ganglia Diseases / etiology*
  • Basal Ganglia Diseases / physiopathology
  • Body Image
  • Brain / pathology
  • Brain / physiopathology
  • Dementia / classification
  • Dementia / diagnosis
  • Dementia / etiology*
  • Diagnosis, Differential
  • Disease Progression
  • Fatal Outcome
  • Follow-Up Studies
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Motor Neuron Disease / complications*
  • Motor Neuron Disease / diagnosis
  • Motor Neuron Disease / physiopathology
  • Movement Disorders / diagnosis
  • Movement Disorders / etiology*
  • Movement Disorders / physiopathology
  • Volition / physiology