Resumen
La demencia frontotemporal derecha es una variante anatómica de la demencia frontotemporal. Se asocia con síntomas cognitivos y comportamentales característicos, entre los que se destacan: agnosia topográfica, desorientación espacial, prosopagnosia, conductas obsesivas, agresividad, impulsividad, desinhibición y pérdida de la empatía. Se reportan dos casos, que desde el punto de vista clínico e imaginológico, resultan ilustrativos de la variante derecha en la demencia frontotemporal.
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