Fatal consequences of decreased sensitivity to pain and temperature in a frontotemporal dementia patient. Issue 6 (1st November 2020)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Martínez Dubarbie, F.; López-García, S.; Andrés-Gómez, M.; Lage, C.; Pozueta, A.; García-Martínez, M.; Kazimierczak, M.; Bravo, M.; Jiménez-Bonilla, J.; Banzo, I.; Rodríguez-Rodríguez, E.; Sánchez-Juan, P.
• Is Part Of: Neurocase. Volume 26:Issue 6(2020)
• Page Start: 364
• Page End: 367
• Publication Date: 2020-11-01
• Subjects: Dementia -- frontotemporal dementia -- neurodegenerative disorders -- behavior -- pain; Neurology -- Periodicals; Neuropsychology -- Case Report; Mental Disorders -- Case Report; Nervous System Diseases -- Case Report; 616.8
• DOI: 10.1080/13554794.2020.1842464
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1355-4794

Abstract

ABSTRACT: Frontotemporal dementia (FTD) is a heterogeneous syndrome characterized by the progressive damage of frontal and temporal brain regions. These networks largely overlap with those involved in pain and temperature processing. Although the impaired perception of pain and temperature has been previously described to be relatively common in patients with FTD, these symptoms are often not consistently assessed by Neurologists. We present the case of a patient with a probable behavioral variant FTD who died due to scalding with hot water in the shower. Impairments in the perception of pain and temperature might have played a fundamental role in this accident.