Dementia due to meningovascular syphilis in medial temporal lobe and cognitive rehabilitation

Abstract

The temporal lobe is essential in saving declarative memory and plays an important role along with the cerebral neocortex in creating and maintaining long-term memory. Damage to the temporal lobe is expected to result in cognitive impairment or dementia, which has characteristic symptoms such as cognitive and behavioral dysfunction and decreasing self-reliance in activities of daily living. We report on a patient, who suffered from dementia due to meningovascular syphilis aff ecting the medial temporal lobe, and on the outcome of cognitive rehabilitation. © 2012 by Korean Academy of Rehabilitation Medicine.