Atypical Alzheimer’s disease: a case report

This paper deals with an unusual case of Alzheimer’s disease with early onset, no family history, myoclonus, tonic generalized seizures and pseudo-periodic spikes on EEG. The demise occurred after 8 years of progressive cognitive deterioration; the pathological examination showed “Pick-like” atrophy...

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description This paper deals with an unusual case of Alzheimer’s disease with early onset, no family history, myoclonus, tonic generalized seizures and pseudo-periodic spikes on EEG. The demise occurred after 8 years of progressive cognitive deterioration; the pathological examination showed “Pick-like” atrophy, neurofibrillary tangles, senile plaques, congophilic angiopathy and cerebellar amyloid plaques. The genetical research could not support the hypothesis of a mutation of Presenilin 1 and 2 genes. Anyway, the peculiarity of the phenotype is worthy to be described even in the absence of specific molecular findings.
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Medicine
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