DELUSIONAL MISIDENTIFICATION IN ASSOCIATION WITH CORTICAL LEWY BODY DISEASE - A CASE-REPORT AND OVERVIEW OF POSSIBLE MECHANISMS

被引:8
作者
BALDWIN, RC [1 ]
SNOWDEN, JS [1 ]
MANN, DMA [1 ]
机构
[1] UNIV MANCHESTER,DEPT PATHOL SCI,MANCHESTER,LANCS,ENGLAND
关键词
DEMENTIA DELUSION; LEWY BODY; MISIDENTIFICATION; CAPGRAS;
D O I
10.1002/gps.930101014
中图分类号
R592 [老年病学]; C [社会科学总论];
学科分类号
03 ; 0303 ; 100203 ;
摘要
A patient presented with a Capgras delusion and reduplication of place. At postmortem there were numerous cortical Lewy bodies. This is believed to be the first such case in which these phenomena have been observed in proven cortical Lewy body disease. The clinical and diagnostic features are described and a brief overview of possible explanations for the phenomena discussed.
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