DESCRIPTION

A 57-year-old woman who was right handed presented to a neurologist with day-to-day memory difficulties, forgetting the names of familiar people and objects, and expressive dysphasia. She had been previously fit and well, without any other symptoms. Her physical examination, including the examination of the central nervous system was unremarkable. She scored 23/30 on Mini Mental State Examination losing points for short-term recall, attention and concentration and constructional apraxia. An obvious …