Delusions of love and passion in the behavioral variant of frontotemporal dementia

Erotomania (de Clérambault's syndrome) refers to the delusional belief that another person, usually socially unreachable, is in love with the holder of the delusion. The occurrence of erotomania in Frontotemporal Dementia has rarely been reported. We present the unique case of a 59-year-old wom...

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Published in:Neurocase 2023-03, Vol.29 (2), p.37-45
Main Authors: Restrepo-Martínez, Miguel, Ramirez-Bermudez, Jesus, So, Isis, Coleman, Kristy, Finger, Elizabeth
Format: Article
Language:English
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Age
de Clérambault Syndrome
delusion
Dementia disorders
Erotomania
Frontotemporal dementia
Missense mutation
social cognition
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Summary:Erotomania (de Clérambault's syndrome) refers to the delusional belief that another person, usually socially unreachable, is in love with the holder of the delusion. The occurrence of erotomania in Frontotemporal Dementia has rarely been reported. We present the unique case of a 59-year-old woman with a strong family history of early-onset dementia in whom erotomania was the initial manifestation that led to a diagnosis of definite Behavioral Variant of Frontotemporal Dementia with a pathogenic missense mutation in the MAPT gene. Based on this case, we propose a hypothetical model for developing erotomania in patients with FTD.
ISSN:1355-4794
1465-3656
1465-3656
1362-4970
DOI:10.1080/13554794.2024.2345110