Dementia with Lewy bodies

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Abstract
Consensus guidelines for the clinical diagnosis of DLB highlight three core features: fluctuating attention, recurrent visual hallucinations, and parkinsonian motor features.3 Fluctuating attention confusional state and may be associated with hypersomnolence. Visual hallucinations in DLB are often florid, whereas extrapyramidal features are typically less severe than they are in PD and may include prominent gait disturbance.2 The combination of psychosis and extrapyramidal features can be problematic because DLB patients may be exquisitely sensitive to the side effects of antipsychotic agents.