https://observatorio.fm.usp.br/handle/OPI/17179
Title: | Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy Presenting as Alzheimer's Disease in a Retired Soccer Player |
Authors: | GRINBERG, Lea T.; ANGHINAH, Renato; NASCIMENTO, Camila Fernandes; AMARO JR., Edson; LEITE, Renata P.; MARTIN, Maria da Graca M.; NASLAVSKY, Michel S.; TAKADA, Leonel T.; JACOB FILHO, Wilson; PASQUALUCCI, Carlos A.; NITRINI, Ricardo |
Citation: | JOURNAL OF ALZHEIMERS DISEASE, v.54, n.1, p.169-174, 2016 |
Abstract: | The relationship between soccer and chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE) is not well established. We report clinicopathological correlations in an 83-year-old retired center-back soccer player, with no history of concussion, manifesting typical Alzheimer-type dementia. Examination revealed mixed pathology including widespread CTE, moderate Alzheimer's disease, hippocampal sclerosis, and TDP-43 proteinopathy. This case adds to a few CTE cases described in soccer players. Furthermore, it corroborates that CTE may present clinically as typical Alzheimer-type dementia. Further studies investigating the extent to which soccer is a risk for CTE are needed. |
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