Konfusion, bevidsthedstab og uspecifikke synsgener kan være symptomer på demens med Lewy bodies

TY - JOUR

T1 - Konfusion, bevidsthedstab og uspecifikke synsgener kan være symptomer på demens med Lewy bodies

AU - Dombernowsky, Nanna W

AU - Law, Ian

AU - Hasselbalch, Steen G

PY - 2018

Y1 - 2018

N2 - Dementia with Lewy bodies (DLB) is a common type of dementia. The core clinical symptoms are visual hallucinations, fluctuating cognition with pronounced variations in attention, REM sleep behaviour disorder and parkinsonism. Early diagnosis and differentiation from Alzheimer's disease can be challenging, especially when the core clinical symptoms are modest or only partly present. In this case report, we describe two patients, who had unexplained loss of consciousness and visual hallucinations, which were the early signs of DLB in absence of parkinsonism.

AB - Dementia with Lewy bodies (DLB) is a common type of dementia. The core clinical symptoms are visual hallucinations, fluctuating cognition with pronounced variations in attention, REM sleep behaviour disorder and parkinsonism. Early diagnosis and differentiation from Alzheimer's disease can be challenging, especially when the core clinical symptoms are modest or only partly present. In this case report, we describe two patients, who had unexplained loss of consciousness and visual hallucinations, which were the early signs of DLB in absence of parkinsonism.

M3 - Letter

C2 - 30259844

SN - 0041-5782

VL - 180

JO - Ugeskrift for Laeger

JF - Ugeskrift for Laeger

IS - 38

M1 - V04180305

ER -