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. 2011;32(3):202-8.
doi: 10.1159/000333072. Epub 2011 Nov 16.

Early and presenting symptoms of dementia with lewy bodies

Eirik Auning  1 , Arvid Rongve, Tormod Fladby, Jan Booij, Tibor Hortobágyi, Françoise J Siepel, Clive Ballard, Dag Aarsland
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Early and presenting symptoms of dementia with lewy bodies

Eirik Auning et al. Dement Geriatr Cogn Disord. 2011.

Abstract

Background/aims: To explore the presenting and early symptoms of dementia with Lewy bodies (DLB).

Method: Patients with mild dementia fulfilling diagnostic criteria for DLB (n = 61) and Alzheimer's disease (AD) (n = 109) were recruited from outpatient dementia clinics in western Norway. At diagnosis, caregivers were asked which symptom had been the presenting symptom of dementia.

Results: Caregivers reported that memory impairment was the most common presenting symptom in DLB (57%), followed by visual hallucinations (44%), depression (34%), problem solving difficulties (33%), gait problems (28%), and tremor/stiffness (25%). In contrast, 99% of AD carers reported impaired memory as a presenting symptom, whereas visual hallucinations were a presenting symptom in 3% of the AD cases.

Conclusion: DLB should be suspected in predementia cases with visual hallucinations.

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