A case of hypertension with dementia: Common but underdiagnosed

A case of hypertension with dementia: Common but underdiagnosed

We report a case of a 55-year-old known hypertensive female who presented with features suggestive of dementia, which, on further workup unveiled background dyslipidemia and type 2 diabetes mellitus. An magnetic resonance imaging of the brain revealed findings suggestive of Binswanger's disease...

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Main Authors: Monika Pathania, Amisha, Paras Malik, Vyas Kumar Rathaur, Sunita Mittal
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2018-01-01
Series:Journal of Family Medicine and Primary Care
Subjects:
Binswanger's disease
blood pressure
memory loss
neurology
subcortical dementia
Online Access:http://www.jfmpc.com/article.asp?issn=2249-4863;year=2018;volume=7;issue=2;spage=447;epage=450;aulast=Pathania
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spelling doaj-bf9fc16122774ba6b173f289b407e98d2020-11-24T23:52:12ZengWolters Kluwer Medknow PublicationsJournal of Family Medicine and Primary Care2249-48632018-01-017244745010.4103/jfmpc.jfmpc_312_17A case of hypertension with dementia: Common but underdiagnosedMonika PathaniaAmishaParas MalikVyas Kumar RathaurSunita MittalWe report a case of a 55-year-old known hypertensive female who presented with features suggestive of dementia, which, on further workup unveiled background dyslipidemia and type 2 diabetes mellitus. An magnetic resonance imaging of the brain revealed findings suggestive of Binswanger's disease. This is a discussion of this unusual disease and its presentation and the differentials of this presentation which may be encountered in general clinical practice.http://www.jfmpc.com/article.asp?issn=2249-4863;year=2018;volume=7;issue=2;spage=447;epage=450;aulast=PathaniaBinswanger's diseaseblood pressurememory lossneurologysubcortical dementia
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Amisha
Paras Malik
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Paras Malik
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Sunita Mittal
A case of hypertension with dementia: Common but underdiagnosed
Journal of Family Medicine and Primary Care
Binswanger's disease
blood pressure
memory loss
neurology
subcortical dementia
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Amisha
Paras Malik
Vyas Kumar Rathaur
Sunita Mittal
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title A case of hypertension with dementia: Common but underdiagnosed
title_short A case of hypertension with dementia: Common but underdiagnosed
title_full A case of hypertension with dementia: Common but underdiagnosed
title_fullStr A case of hypertension with dementia: Common but underdiagnosed
title_full_unstemmed A case of hypertension with dementia: Common but underdiagnosed
title_sort case of hypertension with dementia: common but underdiagnosed
publisher Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications
series Journal of Family Medicine and Primary Care
issn 2249-4863
publishDate 2018-01-01
description We report a case of a 55-year-old known hypertensive female who presented with features suggestive of dementia, which, on further workup unveiled background dyslipidemia and type 2 diabetes mellitus. An magnetic resonance imaging of the brain revealed findings suggestive of Binswanger's disease. This is a discussion of this unusual disease and its presentation and the differentials of this presentation which may be encountered in general clinical practice.
topic Binswanger's disease
blood pressure
memory loss
neurology
subcortical dementia
url http://www.jfmpc.com/article.asp?issn=2249-4863;year=2018;volume=7;issue=2;spage=447;epage=450;aulast=Pathania
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