- Grinberg, Lea T;
- Anghinah, Renato;
- Nascimento, Camila Fernandes;
- Amaro, Edson;
- Leite, Renata P;
- da Graça M. Martin, Maria;
- Naslavsky, Michel S;
- Takada, Leonel T;
- Filho, Wilson Jacob;
- Pasqualucci, Carlos A;
- Nitrini, Ricardo
The relationship between soccer and chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE) is not well established. We report clinicopathological correlations in an 83-year-old retired center-back soccer player, with no history of concussion, manifesting typical Alzheimer-type dementia. Examination revealed mixed pathology including widespread CTE, moderate Alzheimer's disease, hippocampal sclerosis, and TDP-43 proteinopathy. This case adds to a few CTE cases described in soccer players. Furthermore, it corroborates that CTE may present clinically as typical Alzheimer-type dementia. Further studies investigating the extent to which soccer is a risk for CTE are needed.