Young-Onset Alzheimer Dementia Due to a Novel Pathogenic Presenilin 1 Variant Initially Misdiagnosed as Autoimmune Encephalitis.
Nathalia Rossoni RonchiMatheus A CastroArtur M CoutinhoLeandro Tavares LucatoGuilherme Diogo da SilvaSonia Maria Dozzi BruckiFernando KokEduardo Sturzeneker TrésPaulo Ribeiro NóbregaFernando FreuaRicardo NitriniMateus Mistieri SimabukuroPublished in: Neurology(R) neuroimmunology & neuroinflammation (2024)
This case demonstrates the importance of considering PSEN1 in young patients with insidious progressive dementia with atypical clinical and neuroimaging features, even in patients without a family history of neurologic disorders. Not adhering to published criteria of possible and probable AE and overinterpretation of subtle inflammatory findings in CSF and MRI contribute to misdiagnosis.