You Diagnose Two Different Patients, Each with a Form of Dementia

question 32

Multiple Choice

You diagnose two different patients, each with a form of dementia. Patient 1 has a neurogenerative disease; Patient 2 does NOT have a neurogenerative disease. Which of the following summarizes the two patient reports?

• A)Patient 1: Rare form of dementia, prognosis: partial recovery likely. Patient 2: common form of dementia, prognosis: progressive, recovery unlikely.
• B)Patient 1: vascular dementia, areas affected: frontal and parietal lobes. Patient 2: frontotemporal lobar dementia, areas affected: parietal and occipital lobes.
• C)Patient 1: frontotemporal lobar dementia, areas affected: medial temporal lobes. Patient 2: Alzheimer's disease, areas affected: frontal lobes.
• D)Patient 1: Alzheimer's disease, areas affected: medial temporal lobes. Patient 2: frontotemporal lobar dementia, areas affected: frontal lobes.

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