Case 23-2024: A 78-Year-Old Woman with Rapidly Progressive Dementia

A 78-year-old woman with a history of breast and lung cancers presented with confusion. MRI of the head revealed hyperintensities in the anterior and medial temporal lobes. A diagnosis was made.

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Veröffentlicht in:	The New England journal of medicine 2024-07, Vol.391 (4), p.357-369
Hauptverfasser:	Smith, Eric E., Rohatgi, Saurabh, Linnoila, Jenny J., Martinez-Lage, Maria
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Aged Aging Alzheimer Disease Alzheimer's disease Brain - diagnostic imaging Brain - pathology Breast Cancer Cardiovascular disease Case reports Clinical Medicine Clinical Medicine General Confusion Critical Care Critical Care General Delirium Dementia Dementia - etiology Dementia disorders Diagnosis, Differential Disease Progression Electroencephalography Encephalitis Fatal Outcome Female Geriatrics Hematology Humans Lung Cancer Magnetic Resonance Imaging Memory Meningitis Neurology Neurosurgery Oncology Oncology General Pulmonary Seizures
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Zusammenfassung:	A 78-year-old woman with a history of breast and lung cancers presented with confusion. MRI of the head revealed hyperintensities in the anterior and medial temporal lobes. A diagnosis was made.
ISSN:	0028-4793 1533-4406 1533-4406
DOI:	10.1056/NEJMcpc2402488