Difference between revisions of "Primary progressive aphasia"
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| + | '''Diagnosis'' | ||
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| + | Clinical criteria for PPA (Gorno-Tempini 2011) | ||
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| + | # Most prominent clinical feature is difficulty with language | ||
| + | # Deficits are the principle cause of impaired daily living activities | ||
| + | # Aphasia should be the most prominent deficit at symptom onset and for the initial phases of the disease | ||
| + | # The pattern of deficit must not be better accounted for by other nondegenerative nervous system or medical disorders | ||
| + | # Cognitive disturbance is not better accounted for by a psychiatric diagnosis | ||
| + | # There is not prominent initial episodic memory, visual memory, or visuoperceptual impairments | ||
| + | # There is not prominent initial behavioral disturbance | ||
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| + | '''Variants:''' | ||
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[[Logopenic variant primary progressive aphasia]] | [[Logopenic variant primary progressive aphasia]] | ||
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[[Semantic variant primary progressive aphasia]] | [[Semantic variant primary progressive aphasia]] | ||
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| + | == References == | ||
| + | Gorno-Tempini, M. L. et al. Classification of primary progressive aphasia and its variants. Neurology 76, 1006–1014 (2011). https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/21325651/ | ||
Revision as of 10:38, 12 June 2021
'Diagnosis
Clinical criteria for PPA (Gorno-Tempini 2011)
- Most prominent clinical feature is difficulty with language
- Deficits are the principle cause of impaired daily living activities
- Aphasia should be the most prominent deficit at symptom onset and for the initial phases of the disease
- The pattern of deficit must not be better accounted for by other nondegenerative nervous system or medical disorders
- Cognitive disturbance is not better accounted for by a psychiatric diagnosis
- There is not prominent initial episodic memory, visual memory, or visuoperceptual impairments
- There is not prominent initial behavioral disturbance
Variants:
Logopenic variant primary progressive aphasia
Nonfluent / agrammatic variant primary progressive aphasia
Semantic variant primary progressive aphasia
References
Gorno-Tempini, M. L. et al. Classification of primary progressive aphasia and its variants. Neurology 76, 1006–1014 (2011). https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/21325651/
