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.

Question

Quizplus · Accepted Answer

Patient 1 has Alzheimer's disease, a neurogenerative disease that affects the medial temporal lobes. Patient 2 has frontotemporal lobar dementia, which does not involve neurodegeneration but instead results from the degeneration of the frontal lobes.

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