A 5-Year Clinical Course of Phenocopy Syndrome of Behavioral Variant Frontotemporal Dementia: Case Report and Literature Review

Frontotemporal dementia is a neurocognitive disease which affects language, behavior, or executive functioning. This disease includes a spectrum of presentations which includes multiple variants. The phenocopy syndrome of behavioral variant frontotemporal dementia is one which mimics the behavioral variant of frontotemporal dementia. Patients with this condition show a decline in personality, social conduct and cognitive ability but often display no signs of neurological imaging and exhibit slow progression. This case focuses on a now 70-year-old male who has shown signs of behavioral changes with a slowly progressive clinical course and minimal findings on PET scan, but moderate changes seen on MRI. This report details a clinical presentation of the phenocopy syndrome of behavioral variant frontotemporal dementia and provides context to how symptoms can be managed to better help assist patients and their caregivers