PMC5901256_01
PMC5901256_02
PMC5901256_03
Patient's copy of Rey Complex Figure showing lack of planning, perseveration, visuoconstructional and visuomotor difficulties.
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On Rey's Complex Figure (Figure 1), he was unable to copy it within the five minutes available.
Brain MRI (T2-weighted axial sections) revealed: [A] moderate pre-frontal atrophy, especially in the medial and dorsolateral areas and asymmetric ventricular dilatation (greater in the left hemisphere); [B] asymmetric atrophy (greater in the left hemisphere).
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FTA-abs, anti-HIV), all tested normal, in view of which the aforementioned hypothesis was rejected. Findings on brain MRI included focal structural alterations, disproportionate for the patient's age and therefore suggestive of a degenerative process (shown in Figures 2 and 3).
Brain MRI showing: [A] (T2-weighted coronal section) mild hippocampal atrophy; [B] (sagittal T1 section) demonstrates: mild cerebellar and posterior callosum atrophy.
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FTA-abs, anti-HIV), all tested normal, in view of which the aforementioned hypothesis was rejected. Findings on brain MRI included focal structural alterations, disproportionate for the patient's age and therefore suggestive of a degenerative process (shown in Figures 2 and 3).