11-18-2009, 11:53 AM
A 35-year-old woman is brought to the physician
by her husband
because of increasing memory loss and involuntary
"dancing" movements
over the past 6 weeks. She has had difficulty
remembering things,
particularly recent events. She has had no
disturbances in sleep or appetite.
Her medical history is unremarkable. She does not
remember her mother
who died 25 years ago, but her father told her that
her mother had
similar symptoms several years before her death.
Neurologic examination
shows involuntary choreiform movements. She has a
childlike affect. She
describes her mood as good. On recall testing, she
can remember one out
of three objects after 3 minutes with distraction; she
cannot remember
the other objects with prompting. She cannot remember
the date of her
marriage or her previous address. The most likely
cause of these
symptoms is a lesion at which of the following
locations?
A
) Caudate nucleus
B
) Parietal lobe
C
) Prefrontal lobe
D
) Putamen
E
) Temporal lobe
by her husband
because of increasing memory loss and involuntary
"dancing" movements
over the past 6 weeks. She has had difficulty
remembering things,
particularly recent events. She has had no
disturbances in sleep or appetite.
Her medical history is unremarkable. She does not
remember her mother
who died 25 years ago, but her father told her that
her mother had
similar symptoms several years before her death.
Neurologic examination
shows involuntary choreiform movements. She has a
childlike affect. She
describes her mood as good. On recall testing, she
can remember one out
of three objects after 3 minutes with distraction; she
cannot remember
the other objects with prompting. She cannot remember
the date of her
marriage or her previous address. The most likely
cause of these
symptoms is a lesion at which of the following
locations?
A
) Caudate nucleus
B
) Parietal lobe
C
) Prefrontal lobe
D
) Putamen
E
) Temporal lobe