Dementia causes

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Patient Information
Overview
Classification
Causes Alzheimer's Disease; Parkinson's Disease; Binswanger's Disease; Dementia with Lewy bodies; Thiamine deficiency; Vascular dementia; Marijuana abuse; AIDS; Neurosyphilis; Normal pressure hydrocephalus; Vitamin B12 deficiency; Vitamin B6 deficiency;
Differential Diagnosis

Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]

Causes

Common Causes

Causes by Organ System

Cardiovascular	Chronic heart failure, Dural arteriovenous fistula,Subdural hematoma, Vascular dementia, Feigenbaum-Bergeron-Richardson syndrome
Chemical / poisoning	Aluminium poisoning , Benzene , Camphor , Carbon Tetrachloride , Cidofovir, Cocaine, Hydrogen Sulfide, Lead poisoning, Manganese poisoning, Marijuana abuse, Mercury poisoning, Methanol , Toluene , Xylene
Dermatologic	Dykes-Markes-Harper syndrome
Drug Side Effect	Amphetamines, Anticholinergics, Anxiolytics, Barbiturates, Bromides, Conjugated estrogens/bazedoxifene, Estropipate, Hypnotics, Nabilone, Pramipexole, Progesterone, Sedatives, Tranquilizers, Tricyclic antidepressants
Ear Nose Throat	No underlying causes
Endocrine	Alcohol-induced pseudo-Cushing syndrome , Cushing's syndrome, Hashimoto's encephalitis , Schilder's Disease , Hypothyroidism, Hyperparathyroidism, Hypoparathyroidism, Hyperthyroidism
Environmental	Decompression sickness
Gastroenterologic	Aguecheek disease , Dykes-Markes-Harper syndrome , Liver failure, Wilson's disease
Genetic	Aceruloplasminemia , Adult Polyglucosan Body Disease , Alexander Syndrome , Alpers Syndrome ,Amelo-cerebro-hypohidrotic syndrome , Batten Disease , CADASIL , Down syndrome , Familial histiocytic reticulosis, Hemochromatosis, Menke disease, Mohr-Tranebjaerg syndrome, Wilson's disease, Wolfram's disease ,Wright dick syndrome
Hematologic	Familial histiocytic reticulosis, Macrocytosis, Pernicious anemia
Iatrogenic	Aluminium (dialysis related) toxicity
Infectious Disease	Acute Bokhoror , AIDS, Borreliosis, HHV-6 encephalitis, HIV, Intracranial abscess / granuloma, Kuru, Lyme disease , Neurosyphilis , Whipple's disease
Musculoskeletal / Ortho	No underlying causes
Neurologic	Adult Polyglucosan Body Disease , Akinetic-rigid syndromes, Alexander Syndrome , Alpers Syndrome ,Alzheimer disease , Amelo-cerebro-hypohidrotic syndrome , Amyloidosis, Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, Autoimmune limbic encephalitis , Batten Disease , Binswanger Disease , Bovine spongiform encephalopathy , Brain tumor,CADASIL , Cerebellar ataxias, Cerebral Atrophy , Cerebrotendinous Xanthomatosus , Cerebrovascular accident,Ceroid lipofuscinosis, Childhood disintegrative disorder, Choreoacanthocytosis amyotrophic , Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease, Dural arteriovenous fistula, Ependymoma , Fahr's Syndrome , Feigenbaum-Bergeron-Richardson syndrome ,Gerstmann-Straussler-Scheinker disease, Giant axonal neuropathy , Gliomatosis cerebri , Guam disease ,Hallervorden-Spatz Syndrome , HARP syndrome, Hartnup's disease, Haw River syndrome, Heidenhain syndrome ,Huntington's disease, Hydrocephalus, Intracranial space-occupying lesion, Jensen syndrome, Juvenile pilocytic astrocytoma , Lafora disease , Leukoencephalopathy , Low press hydrocephalus, Marchiafava-Bignami disease ,MELAS , Mesulam syndrome, Metachromatic Leukodystrophy , Mitochondrial encephalopathies, Mohr-Tranebjaerg syndrome, Multiple sclerosis, Nasu-Hakola disease, Neuroaxonal dystrophy, Neuroferritinopathy, Neurosarcoidosis, Normal pressure hydrocephalus , Parkinson's disease, Pick's disease , Prion diseases, Rasmussen encephalitis, Schilder's Disease , Spinocerebellar ataxia, Shy-Drager Syndrome, Steel-Richardson Syndrome,Spongiform encephalopathy , Stroke, Subdural hematoma, Tome-Brune-Fardeau syndrome , Tuberous sclerosis, Van Bogaert disease , Van der Knaap disease, Westphal-Leyden ataxia , Wright dick syndrome
Nutritional / Metabolic	Aceruloplasminemia , Acute intermittent porphyrias, Cerebrotendinous Xanthomatosus , Ceroid lipofuscinosis, Chronic hypocalcemia, Chronic hypoglycemia , Decreased folate , Lesch-Nyhan syndrome, Lysosomal storage diseases, MELAS , Menke disease, Mucopolysaccharidosis, Niacin deficiency, Niemann-Pick Disease,Nutritional deficiency ,Pellagra, Siderosis , Tay Sachs , Thiamine deficiency, Uremic encephalopathy ,Vitamin B12 deficiency, Vitamin B6 deficiency, Wernicke-Korsakoff syndrome
Obstetric/Gynecologic	Postpartum thyroiditis
Oncologic	Brain tumor, Ependymoma , Juvenile pilocytic astrocytoma , Melanoma , Meningioma,Paraneoplastic syndromes
Opthalmologic	No underlying causes
Overdose / Toxicity	No underlying causes
Psychiatric	No underlying causes
Pulmonary	No underlying causes
Renal / Electrolyte	Kidney failure
Rheum / Immune / Allergy	Autoimmune limbic encephalitis , Sarcoid, SLE, Tuberous sclerosis, Vasculitis
Sexual	No underlying causes
Trauma	Head injury
Urologic	No underlying causes
Dental	No underlying causes
Miscellaneous	Alcohol Withdrawal , Alcoholism , Glue sniffing, Prion diseases, Punch-drunk syndrome, Post anoxia