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Posterior cortical atrophy: A single case cognitive and radiological follow-up


Esteves S., Ramirez Romero D.A., Torralva T., Martínez Cuitiño M., Herndon S., Couto B., Ibañez A., Manes F. & Roca M. Posterior cortical atrophy: a single case cognitive and radiological follow-up. Neurocase, 2018, doi: 10.1080/13554794.2017.1421667

Abstract:
Posterior cortical atrophy (PCA) is a rare neurodegenerative syndrome characterized by initial predominant visuoperceptual deficits followed by a progressive decline in other cognitive functions. This syndrome has not been as thoroughly described as other dementias, particularly from a neuropsychological evolution perspective with only a few studies describing the evolution of its cognitive progression. In this investigation we review the literature on this rare condition and we perform a 7-year neuropsychological and neuroradiological follow-up of a 64-year-old man with PCA. The subject’s deficits initially appeared in his visuoperceptual skills with later affectation appearing in language and other cognitive functions, this being coherent with the patient’s parieto-temporal atrophy evolution.