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Fulminant Lewy body disease.
Mov Disord. 2006 Oct; 21(10):1748-51.MD

Abstract

The clinical distinction between Parkinson's disease (PD) with dementia (PDD) and dementia with Lewy bodies (DLB) is challenged by most neuropathological studies showing nearly identical changes in both conditions. We report an unusual case of PD evolving into a rapidly progressive dementia leading to death within 3 months that showed nearly all clinical features of DLB. At autopsy, numerous Lewy bodies and Lewy neurites were found in several areas of the brainstem, the limbic system, and the neocortex, consistent with pure DLB. This case demonstrates that Lewy body disease may exhibit a dramatic course without any coexisting pathology and exemplifies that PD, PDD, and DLB may sometimes represent sequential, yet overlapping, phenotypes of a same clinicopathological entity.

Authors+Show Affiliations

Momjian-Mayor I
Department of Neurology, Geneva University Hospitals and Medical School, Geneva, Switzerland.
Pizzolato GP
No affiliation info available
Burkhardt K
No affiliation info available
Landis T
No affiliation info available
Coeytaux A
No affiliation info available
Burkhard PR
No affiliation info available

MeSH

14-3-3 ProteinsAgedBrainCreutzfeldt-Jakob SyndromeDiagnosis, DifferentialDisease ProgressionFatal OutcomeHumansLewy BodiesLewy Body DiseaseMaleNeurologic ExaminationNeuropsychological TestsParkinson Disease

Pub Type(s)

Case Reports
Journal Article

Language

eng

PubMed ID

16830307

Citation

Momjian-Mayor, Isabelle, et al. "Fulminant Lewy Body Disease." Movement Disorders : Official Journal of the Movement Disorder Society, vol. 21, no. 10, 2006, pp. 1748-51.
Momjian-Mayor I, Pizzolato GP, Burkhardt K, et al. Fulminant Lewy body disease. Mov Disord. 2006;21(10):1748-51.
Momjian-Mayor, I., Pizzolato, G. P., Burkhardt, K., Landis, T., Coeytaux, A., & Burkhard, P. R. (2006). Fulminant Lewy body disease. Movement Disorders : Official Journal of the Movement Disorder Society, 21(10), 1748-51.
Momjian-Mayor I, et al. Fulminant Lewy Body Disease. Mov Disord. 2006;21(10):1748-51. PubMed PMID: 16830307.
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TY - JOUR T1 - Fulminant Lewy body disease. AU - Momjian-Mayor,Isabelle, AU - Pizzolato,Gian Paolo, AU - Burkhardt,Karim, AU - Landis,Theodor, AU - Coeytaux,Alessandra, AU - Burkhard,Pierre R, PY - 2006/7/11/pubmed PY - 2007/2/3/medline PY - 2006/7/11/entrez SP - 1748 EP - 51 JF - Movement disorders : official journal of the Movement Disorder Society JO - Mov Disord VL - 21 IS - 10 N2 - The clinical distinction between Parkinson's disease (PD) with dementia (PDD) and dementia with Lewy bodies (DLB) is challenged by most neuropathological studies showing nearly identical changes in both conditions. We report an unusual case of PD evolving into a rapidly progressive dementia leading to death within 3 months that showed nearly all clinical features of DLB. At autopsy, numerous Lewy bodies and Lewy neurites were found in several areas of the brainstem, the limbic system, and the neocortex, consistent with pure DLB. This case demonstrates that Lewy body disease may exhibit a dramatic course without any coexisting pathology and exemplifies that PD, PDD, and DLB may sometimes represent sequential, yet overlapping, phenotypes of a same clinicopathological entity. SN - 0885-3185 UR - https://www.unboundmedicine.com/medline/citation/16830307/Fulminant_Lewy_body_disease_ DB - PRIME DP - Unbound Medicine ER -