06-20-2007, 10:56 AM
A middle-aged woman presents
with a variety of cognitive and
somatic symptoms, fatigue, and
memory loss. She denies feeling sad
but her family physician, who is
aware of this patient™s lifelong inability
to identify and express feelings,
suspects she is depressed.
Choose the test results more likely
to confirm a diagnosis of depression:
a. Reduced metabolic activity and
blood flow in both frontal lobes
(PET)
b. Diffuse cortical atrophy (CAT)
c. Atrophy of the caudate (MRI)
d. Prolonged REM sleep latency in a
sleep study
e. Subcortical infarcts (MRI
with a variety of cognitive and
somatic symptoms, fatigue, and
memory loss. She denies feeling sad
but her family physician, who is
aware of this patient™s lifelong inability
to identify and express feelings,
suspects she is depressed.
Choose the test results more likely
to confirm a diagnosis of depression:
a. Reduced metabolic activity and
blood flow in both frontal lobes
(PET)
b. Diffuse cortical atrophy (CAT)
c. Atrophy of the caudate (MRI)
d. Prolonged REM sleep latency in a
sleep study
e. Subcortical infarcts (MRI