ABSTRACT. We report a case of a 67-year-old woman with frontotemporal dementia (FTD) and a history of neurocysticercosis. After her retirement she showed progressive behavioral changes and neuropsychiatric symptoms with relative preservation of cognitive functioning. During the next three years, the patient manifested progressive deterioration of verbal communication gradually evolving to mutism, a hallmark of cases of progressive nonfluent aphasia. Key words: progressive nonfluent aphasia, neurocysticercosis, neuropsychological assessment, frontotemporal lobar degeneration. DEMÊNCIA FRONTOTEMPORAL E NEUROCISTICERCOSE: UM RELATO DE CASORESUMO. Caso de uma mulher de 71 anos com demência frontotemporal e historia de neurocisticercose. Após sua aposentadoria ela apresentou progressivas mudanças comportamentais e sintomas neuropsiquiátricos, com relativa preservação do funcionamento cognitivo. Durante os seguintes três anos, a paciente foi desenvolvendo uma deteriorização progressiva da comunicação verbal evoluindo gradualmente a mutismo, marca que descreve um caso de afasia progressiva não fluente. Palavras-chave: afasia progressiva não fluente, neurocisticercose, avaliação neuropsicológica, degeneração lobar frontotemporal
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