Pick disease

Pick dis·ease

(pik),

progressive circumscribed cerebral atrophy; a rare type of cerebrodegenerative disorder manifested primarily as dementia, in which there is striking atrophy of portions of the frontal and temporal lobes. Synonym(s): Pick syndrome

[F. Pick]

Pick disease

n.

Variant of Pick's disease¹.

Pick dis·ease

(pik di-zēz')

Progressive circumscribed cerebral atrophy; a rare type of cerebrodegenerative disorder manifested primarily as dementia, in which there is striking atrophy of portions of the frontal and temporal lobes.

[F. Pick]

Pick,

Friedel, German physician, 1867-1926.

Pick atrophy - Synonym(s): Pick disease

Pick bodies - intracytoplasmic argentophilic inclusion bodies seen in neurons in Pick disease.

Pick disease - a rare type of cerebral degenerative disorder manifested primarily as dementia. Synonym(s): Pick atrophy; Pick syndrome; progressive circumscribed cerebral atrophy

Pick syndrome - Synonym(s): Pick disease