Frontotemporal dementia, right temporal atrophy variant

What is Frontotemporal dementia, right temporal atrophy variant?

Right temporal lobar atrophy (RTLA) is an anatomic variant of frontotemporal dementia (FTD), characterized by behavioral dysfunction, personality changes, episodic memory loss, and prosopagnosia; attributable to an asymmetrical predominantly right-sided, frontotemporal atrophy.

Other condition names

  • RTLA
  • rvFTD
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