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Konfusion, bevidsthedstab og uspecifikke synsgener kan vaere symptomer på demens med Lewy bodies
Engelsk titel: Confusion, loss of consciousness and unspecific visual hallucinations may be symptoms of dementia with Lewy bodies Läs online Författare: Dombernowsky, Nanna W ; Law, Ian ; Hasselbalch, Steen G Språk: Dan Antal referenser: 4 Dokumenttyp: Fallbeskrivning UI-nummer: 19100116

Tidskrift

Ugeskrift for Laeger 2019;181(12)1162-3 ISSN 0041-5782 E-ISSN 1603-6824 KIBs bestånd av denna tidskrift Denna tidskrift är expertgranskad (Peer-Reviewed)

Sammanfattning

Dementia with Lewy bodies (DLB) is a common type of dementia. The core clinical symptoms are visual hallucinations, fluctuating cognition with pronounced variations in attention, REM sleep behaviour disorder and parkinsonism. Early diagnosis and differentiation from Alzheimer’s disease can be challenging, especially when the core clinical symptoms are modest or only partly present. In this case report, we describe two patients, who had unexplained loss of consciousness and visual hallucinations, which were the early signs of DLB in absence of parkinsonism.