Differentiating frontotemporal dementia from catatonia: a complex neuropsychiatric challenge

J Neuropsychiatry Clin Neurosci. 2015;27(2):e174-6. doi: 10.1176/appi.neuropsych.14070157.

Authors

Simon Ducharme¹, Bradford C Dickerson, Mykol Larvie, Bruce H Price

Affiliation

¹ From the Behavioral Neurology and Neuropsychiatry Clinic (SD, BHP), Dept. of Neurology, McLean Hospital, Belmont, MA; Depts. of Psychiatry (SD), Neurology (SD, BCD, BHP), and Radiology (ML), Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA; Dept. of Psychiatry (SD), McGill University Health Centre, Montreal, Canada; and McConnell Brain Imaging Centre (SD), Montreal Neurological Institute, Montreal, Canada.

PMID: 25923875
DOI: 10.1176/appi.neuropsych.14070157

No abstract available

Publication types

Letter

MeSH terms

Catatonia / diagnosis*
Diagnosis, Differential*
Fluorodeoxyglucose F18 / metabolism
Frontal Lobe / diagnostic imaging
Frontal Lobe / pathology
Frontotemporal Dementia / diagnosis*
Humans
Male
Middle Aged
Positron-Emission Tomography
Temporal Lobe / diagnostic imaging
Temporal Lobe / pathology

Substances

Fluorodeoxyglucose F18