Dementia with Lewy bodies with supranuclear gaze palsy: a matter of diagnosis

F Clerici; P L Ratti; S Pomati; L Maggiore; A Del Sole; A Chiti; G Lucignani; C Mariani

doi:10.1007/s10072-005-0494-6

Dementia with Lewy bodies with supranuclear gaze palsy: a matter of diagnosis

Neurol Sci. 2005 Dec;26(5):358-61. doi: 10.1007/s10072-005-0494-6.

Authors

F Clerici¹, P L Ratti, S Pomati, L Maggiore, A Del Sole, A Chiti, G Lucignani, C Mariani

Affiliation

¹ Center for Research and Treatment on Cognitive Dysfunctions Institute of Clinical Neurology, Department of Clinical Sciences, Luigi Sacco Hospital, University of Milan, Via G.B. Grassi 74, Italy. cognitivi_hsacco@virgilio.it

PMID: 16388374
DOI: 10.1007/s10072-005-0494-6

Abstract

Description of a case of probable dementia with Lewy bodies featuring parkinsonism, dementia and supranuclear gaze palsy. This is the first patient to our knowledge affected with vertical gaze palsy receiving clinical diagnosis of DLB when alive and to be treated with cholinesterase inhibitors.

Publication types

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

MeSH terms

Aged
Diagnosis, Differential
Frontal Lobe / diagnostic imaging
Humans
Lewy Body Disease / complications
Lewy Body Disease / diagnostic imaging
Lewy Body Disease / pathology*
Male
Neuropsychological Tests
Positron-Emission Tomography / methods
Psychiatric Status Rating Scales
Supranuclear Palsy, Progressive / complications
Supranuclear Palsy, Progressive / diagnostic imaging
Supranuclear Palsy, Progressive / pathology*