Alzheimer's disease in a patient with posterior cortical atrophy.
Open Access
- 1 December 1991
- journal article
- case report
- Published by BMJ in Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery & Psychiatry
- Vol. 54 (12), 1110-1111
- https://doi.org/10.1136/jnnp.54.12.1110
Abstract
Posterior cortical atrophy (PCA) is characterised by slowly progressive dementia with cognitive and perceptual deficits suggestive of bilateral parieto-occipital disease. A case is reported of a patient with PCA and neuropathological findings consistent with Alzheimer's disease.Keywords
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