Thursday, March 18, 2010


Axial brain MRI of a patient with progressive tremorless parkinsonism and frontal-predominant dementia (Mini Mental State Examination = 23/30; Frontal Assessment Battery = 10/18; abnormal clock drawing task and additional constructional impairment) with moderate ideomotor apraxia. The MRI demonstrates predominantly frontal (A) and anterior temporal atrophy (B) suggestive of frontotemporal dementia.

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