Cognitive forms of multiple sclerosis: report of a dementia case

Clin Neurol Neurosurg. 2010 Apr;112(3):258-60. doi: 10.1016/j.clineuro.2009.11.018. Epub 2009 Dec 23.

Abstract

Cognitive impairment is now well documented in patients with multiple sclerosis (MS), and series of MS patients with predominant cognitive problems have been published recently. We report the observation of a female patient with severe cognitive presentation at the onset of MS, with dramatically demented evolution, and show MRI examination results. We discuss the published reports of primary cognitive types of MS.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Age of Onset
  • Brain / pathology
  • Brain / physiopathology
  • Cognition*
  • Dementia / diagnosis
  • Dementia / psychology*
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging*
  • Middle Aged
  • Multiple Sclerosis / diagnosis
  • Multiple Sclerosis / psychology*
  • Severity of Illness Index
  • Time Factors