Probable dementia with Lewy body

Abstract

V.A. female, 67 years, old admitted in our clinic for neurological assessment because of a Parkinson syndrome, in association with neurocognitive disorder established in a psychiatric service. Motor disturbances and cognitive disorders are frequently associated in Dementia with Lewy body (DLB) and in Parkinson Disease (PD). Psychiatric symptoms are difficult to manage as antipsychotics have frequently motor side effects. Criteria for possible and probable diagnosis of DLB according McKeith criteria and Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM 5) are discussed.

Keywords

• dementia with lewy body (dlb)
• diagnosis criteria
• probable and possible disease