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TitleFrontotemporal Dementia Misdiagnosed for Post-Treatment Lyme Disease Syndrome or vice versa? A Treviso Dementia (TREDEM) Registry Case Report.
Publication TypeJournal Article
Year of Publication2018
AuthorsDi Battista, MElena, Dell'Acqua, C, Baroni, L, Fenoglio, C, Galimberti, D, Gallucci, M
JournalJ Alzheimers Dis
Volume66
Issue2
Pagination445-451
Date Published2018
ISSN1875-8908
Abstract

We describe the case of a 61-year-old woman diagnosed with Borreliosis at the age of 57. Subsequently, the patient developed depression, anxiety, and behavioral disturbances. A lumbar puncture excluded the condition of Neuroborreliosis. The diagnostic workup included: an MRI scan, a 18F-FDG PET, a 123I-ioflupane-SPECT, an amyloid-β PET, a specific genetic analysis, and a neuropsychological evaluation. Based on our investigation, the patient was diagnosed with probable behavioral-frontotemporal dementia (bvFTD), whereas in the previous years, the patient had been considered firstly as a case of Post-Treatment-Lyme Disease and, secondly, a psychiatric patient. We believe that, in the present case, such initial symptoms of Borrelia infection may have superimposed on those of bvFTD rather than playing as a contributory cause.

DOI10.3233/JAD-180524
Alternate JournalJ. Alzheimers Dis.
PubMed ID30282363
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