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Descriptor
English
:
Lewy Body Disease
Descriptor
Spanish
:
Enfermedad por Cuerpos de Lewy
Descriptor
Portuguese
:
Doença por Corpos de Lewy
Synonyms
English
:
Dementia, Lewy Body
Diffuse Lewy Body Disease
Tree Number:
C10.228.140.079.862.400
C10.228.140.380.422
C10.228.662.600.200
C10.574.531
F03.087.400.512
Definition
English
:
A neurodegenerative
disease
characterized by
dementia
, mild parkinsonism, and fluctuations in
attention
and alertness. The neuropsychiatric manifestations tend to precede the onset of bradykinesia,
MUSCLE RIGIDITY
, and other extrapyramidal
signs
.
DELUSIONS
and visual
HALLUCINATIONS
are relatively frequent in this condition. Histologic examination reveals
LEWY BODIES
in the
CEREBRAL CORTEX
and
BRAIN STEM
.
SENILE PLAQUES
and other pathologic features characteristic of
ALZHEIMER DISEASE
may also be present. (From
Neurology
1997;48:376-380;
Neurology
1996;47:1113-1124)
Indexing Annotation
English
:
LEWY BODY
PARKINSON DISEASE
see
PARKINSON DISEASE
is also available
See Related
English
:
Lewy Bodies
History Note
English
:
2000; use PARKINSON DISEASE 1992-1999; for DIFFUSE LEWY BODY DISEASE & LEWY BODY DISEASE, DIFFUSE use PARKINSON DISEASE 1992-1999
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:
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rehabilitation
radionuclide imaging
radiotherapy
surgery
therapy
urine
ultrasonography
veterinary
virology
Record Number:
34224
Unique Identifier:
D020961
Occurrence in VHL
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