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DeCS
Descriptor
English
:
Pick Disease of the Brain
Descriptor
Spanish
:
Enfermedad de Pick
Descriptor
Portuguese
:
Doença de Pick
Synonyms
English
:
Circumscribed Lobar Atrophy of the Brain
Lobar Atrophy (Brain)
Lobar Atrophy of the Brain
Tree Number:
C10.228.140.380.266.299.500
F03.615.400.380.299.500
Definition
English
:
A rare form of
DEMENTIA
that is sometimes familial. Clinical features include
APHASIA
; APRAXIA;
CONFUSION
;
ANOMIA
;
memory loss
; and
personality
deterioration. This pattern is consistent with the pathologic findings of circumscribed
atrophy
of the poles of the
FRONTAL LOBE
and
TEMPORAL LOBE
. Neuronal loss is maximal in the
HIPPOCAMPUS
,
entorhinal cortex
, and
AMYGDALA
. Some ballooned cortical
neurons
contain argentophylic (Pick) bodies. (From Brain Pathol 1998 Apr;8(2):339-54; Adams et al., Principles of
Neurology
, 6th ed, pp1057-9)
History Note
English
:
2000; for PICKS DISEASE OF BRAIN use DEMENTIA 1992-1999
Allowable Qualifiers
English
:
BL
blood
CF
cerebrospinal fluid
CI
chemically induced
CL
classification
CO
complications
DI
diagnosis
DH
diet therapy
DT
drug therapy
EC
economics
EN
enzymology
EP
epidemiology
EH
ethnology
ET
etiology
GE
genetics
HI
history
IM
immunology
ME
metabolism
MI
microbiology
MO
mortality
NU
nursing
PS
parasitology
PA
pathology
PP
physiopathology
PC
prevention & control
PX
psychology
RA
radiography
RI
radionuclide imaging
RH
rehabilitation
SU
surgery
TH
therapy
US
ultrasonography
UR
urine
VI
virology
Record Number:
34272
Unique Identifier:
D020774
Occurrence in VHL
:
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