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67M Dementia with headache

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67 year old male resident of gundepalli complaints of headache since 15 days


HOPI: patient was apparently asymptomatic until 15 days back. Then he had insidious onset of unilateral headache left side dragging pain radiating to neck accompanied with decreased intenditor speech , decreased fluency . Memory loss

No c/o fever , fatigue , giddiness

No c/o cough/ cold 

No c/o burning micturition

No c/o nausea, vomitings, loose stools


PAST HISTORY:

Not a known case of Dm/HTN/TB/asthma/epilepsy 


PERSONAL HISTORY :

normal appetite 

Mixed diet

Regular bowel and bladder movements 

No known allergies

No addictions

FAMILY HISTORY: Not significant 


GENERAL PHYSICAL EXAMINATION:

No pallor icterus cyanosis clubbing lymphadenopathy 

Vitals:

Bp-110/80mmhg

Pr-100bpm


SYSTEMIC EXAMINATION:

CVS: S1s2 +, No murmurs 

Rs: BAE+, NVBS heard 

PA: soft ,non tender 

CNS:


1-Informant: Lukapati

2-Education: uneducated,illiterate 

3-Occupation :farmer (stoped 6months back)

4-Handedness: right

5-Physical appearance: 

a)personal cleanliness : good

b) dressing habits :

c) motor activity : masked like face

6-Attention( non spatial)

7-Attention( spatial)

8-Mood ,emotion , behavior-normal

9-language 

Spontaneous speech:normal word output

Verbal fluency:

Comprehension:

Repetition:

Naming:

Reading:

Writing:

10-Memory

Immediate:

Recent/short term memory

Report memory: Intact , 

visual memory +

11- Higher cognitive function testing

12- apraxia

Ideo motor apraxia:

Ideational apraxia:


TEMPORAL LOBE

Memory:

Recent memory -intact

Remote memory -intact

New learning ability 

Visual memory


PARIETAL LOBE

1- neglect

2-simultagnosia 

3-apraxia

4- constructional ability

5- calculation : 

simple addition+

Substraction -

Multiplication +

6- right left orientation

7- finger agnosia

8-geographic orientation 

9-cortical sensation 

Stereognosis

Graphesthesia


FRONTAL LOBE

  1. attention/working memory
  2. Set shifting 
  3. Trail b test
  4. Sequence test 
  5. Verbal similarities
  6. Verbal fluency 
  7. Conflicting instructions/ sensitivity to interference 
  8. Inhibitory control
  9. Proverb interpretation 
  10. Environmental/autonomy
  11. Judgement 
  12. Insight


OCCIPITAL LOBE

1.prosopagnosia

  1. Visual object agnosia






 




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