Your 56 year old patient has difficulty with single word
comprehension and makes non-sequiturs in conversation, but she is
otherwise able to drive a car safely, run errands, and continue
playing tennis at the club. Her husband thinks she is having some
memory problems; he has difficulty disentangling that symptom from
some insistent repetition of phrases and her not really understanding
his responses to questions. At the top of your differential diagnosis
is/are (check all that apply):
Your 56 year old patient has difficulty with single word comprehension and makes non-sequiturs in conversation
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