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Nancy Colimn / Valentina Martn Palau / Constanza Mendoza Bermdez
ALTERACIONES NEUROPSIQUITRICAS EN DEMENCIA VASCULAR
Revista colombiana de psiquiatra, junio, ao/vol. XXXIV, nmero 002
Asociacin Colombiana de Psiquiatra
Bogot, Colombia
pp. 305-312
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Reporte de caso
Alteraciones neuropsiquitricas
en demencia vascular
Nancy Colimn1
Valentina Martn Palau2
Constanza Mendoza Bermdez3
Resumen
En este artculo se comenta el caso de un paciente con demencia vascular que muestra la
heterogeneidad clnica de este sndrome, que se presenta dentro de un variado espectro de
sntomas neuropsiquitricos, predominantes frente a las manifestaciones cognitivas. Se
describen algunas de estas alteraciones asociadas frecuentemente a la enfermedad.
Abstract
We review the case of a patient with vascular dementia showing the clinical diversity of this
syndrome, presenting with a wide spectrum of neuropsychiatric symptoms that are
predominant against the cognitive manifestations. We describe some of the alterations that
are frequently associated with the disease.
1
Mdica psiquiatra del Hospital La Victoria, instructora del Departamento de Psiquiatra y
Salud Mental, Pontificia Universidad Javeriana.
2
Residente de primer ao, Departamento de Psiquiatra y Salud Mental, Pontificia Universi-
dad Javeriana.
3
Residente de primer ao, Departamento de Psiquiatra y Salud Mental, Pontificia Universi-
dad Javeriana.
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Correspondencia
Nancy Colimn
Hospital La Victoria
Departamento de Psiquiatra
Diagonal 39 sur No. 3-20 Este, Bogot, Colombia
nccolimon@yahoo.com