[rozirose]

Overall these key points are so helpful to diagnose the type of dementia in USMLE Clinical Scenarios:

• Dementia + sensory Ataxia + PNP(polyneuropathy) + UMN(babinski's sign) = B12 deficiency
• Dementia + cerebellar ataxia + ophtalmoplegia = B1 def (Wernicke's syndrome)
• Dementia + high cholesterol = hypothyroidism
• Dementia + myoclonus = Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease
• Dementia + gait apraxia + urinary incontinence = NPH (non-pressure hydrocephalus)
• Dementia with stepwise progression + pseudobulbar palsy(PBP) = Binswanger's disease (vascular dementia)
• Dementia + PBP + gaze abnormality + torticollis = PSP (progressive supranuclear palsy)
• Dementia + chorea= Huntington's disease
• Dementia + Parkinsonism + syncopal attack = Shy-Drager syndrome (multiple system atrophy)
• Dementia that is fluctuating + Parkinsonism= Lewy body dementia
• Dementia with sparing visuospatial skills + personality change = Frontotemporal dementia

Feel free to add to the list ...

 

[khanar]

Awesome

This is awesome

Thank you very much :happy:

 

[mle guy]

thanks a lot rozirose for the great post. I'l like to add just 1 more

* Dementia secondary to depression = Pseudo-dementia

 

[rozirose]

And i forgot this classic one:

Dementia+ diarrhea+ Dermatitis= pellagra (B3-niacin deficiency)

 

[Trinity]

dementia

Dementia +visual hallucinations+rem sleep disorder+capgras syndrome-Diffuse lewy body dementia.DD(delirium induced by L-dopa may be initial clue in diagnosis)

 

[busterbee]

good work guys

 

[ag2011n]

This is the list of what you have mentioned:

• Dementia + sensory Ataxia + PNP(polyneuropathy) + UMN(babinski's sign) = B12 deficiency
• Dementia + cerebellar ataxia + ophtalmoplegia = B1 def (Wernicke's syndrome)
• Dementia + high cholesterol = hypothyroidism
• Dementia + myoclonus = Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease
• Dementia + gait apraxia + urinary incontinence = NPH (non-pressure hydrocephalus)
• Dementia with stepwise progression + pseudobulbar palsy(PBP) = Binswanger's disease (vascular dementia)
• Dementia + PBP + gaze abnormality + torticollis = PSP (progressive supranuclear palsy)
• Dementia + chorea= Huntington's disease
• Dementia + Parkinsonism + syncopal attack = Shy-Drager syndrome (multiple system atrophy)
• Dementia that is fluctuating + Parkinsonism= Lewy body dementia
• Dementia with sparing visuospatial skills + personality change = Frontotemporal dementia
• Dementia secondary to depression = Pseudo-dementia
• Dementia+ diarrhea+ Dermatitis= pellagra (B3-niacin deficiency)
• Dementia +visual hallucinations+rem sleep disorder+capgras syndrome-Diffuse lewy body dementia.DD(delirium induced by L-dopa may be initial clue in diagnosis)

 

[venky2600]

adding one more

dementia + myoclonus_supranuclear ophthalmoplegia + diarrhea + malabsorption = Whipple's disease