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Dementia Presenting with Sore Eyes

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2018

Stephen Kisely ,
Deborah Tweddle  and
Elizabeth Wyn Pugh
Stephen Kisely*
Affiliation:
University Hospital of South Manchester, Withington Hospital, West Didsbury, Manchester M20 8LR
Deborah Tweddle
Affiliation:
University of Manchester
Elizabeth Wyn Pugh
Affiliation:
North Manchester General Hospital
*
∗Correspondence
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Abstract

A patient who presented with soreness of her eyes was given a diagnosis of dementia of the frontal type (DFT) complicated by a major depressive illness. The report illustrates the multiplicity of presenting symptoms in patients with dementia. Resistance to treatment is often an indication that a depressive disorder is symptomatic of underlying organic brain disease.

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Brief Reports
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The British Journal of Psychiatry , Volume 161 , Issue 1 , July 1992 , pp. 120 - 121
Copyright
Copyright © 1992 The Royal College of Psychiatrists 

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