Book contents
- Common Pitfalls in Cognitive and Behavioral Neurology
- Common Pitfalls in Cognitive and Behavioral Neurology
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Diseases Discussed in the Book
- Preface
- Acknowledgements
- Abbreviations
- Part 1 Missing the Diagnosis Altogether
- Part 2 Misidentifying the Impaired Cognitive Domain
- Part 3 Missing Important Clues in the History
- Part 4 Failure of Pattern Recognition
- Case 16 Too Many Behavioral Problems for Alzheimer Disease?
- Case 17 Look below the Surface (EEG)
- Case 18 “Too Young to Be Here”
- Case 19 Fluctuating Anxiety
- Case 20 Not Recognizing the Impostor
- Part 5 Difficult-to-Characterize Cognitive/Behavioral Disorders
- Part 6 Clinical Findings That Are Subtle
- Part 7 Misinterpreting Test Results
- Part 8 Attributing Findings to a Known or Suspected Disorder
- Part 9 Missing Radiographic Clues
- Part 10 Management Misadventures
- Index
- Plate Section (PDF Only)
- References
Case 19 - Fluctuating Anxiety
from Part 4 - Failure of Pattern Recognition
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 03 November 2020
Book contents
- Common Pitfalls in Cognitive and Behavioral Neurology
- Common Pitfalls in Cognitive and Behavioral Neurology
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Diseases Discussed in the Book
- Preface
- Acknowledgements
- Abbreviations
- Part 1 Missing the Diagnosis Altogether
- Part 2 Misidentifying the Impaired Cognitive Domain
- Part 3 Missing Important Clues in the History
- Part 4 Failure of Pattern Recognition
- Case 16 Too Many Behavioral Problems for Alzheimer Disease?
- Case 17 Look below the Surface (EEG)
- Case 18 “Too Young to Be Here”
- Case 19 Fluctuating Anxiety
- Case 20 Not Recognizing the Impostor
- Part 5 Difficult-to-Characterize Cognitive/Behavioral Disorders
- Part 6 Clinical Findings That Are Subtle
- Part 7 Misinterpreting Test Results
- Part 8 Attributing Findings to a Known or Suspected Disorder
- Part 9 Missing Radiographic Clues
- Part 10 Management Misadventures
- Index
- Plate Section (PDF Only)
- References
Summary
This 66-year-old right-handed woman with a 9-year history of Parkinson disease (PD) presented with worsening anxiety. During the last year, she was noted to worry excessively about different issues (e.g., her grandchildren’s safety, her family’s wealth), although no recent events could explain these new concerns. She also endorsed depressive symptoms like sadness and lack of energy. Despite the absence of worsening of her motor symptoms, severe apprehension about her condition had emerged. Fluoxetine had been started with mild benefit on her anxiety symptoms. She denied fluctuations in attention and cognitive changes.
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- Common Pitfalls in Cognitive and Behavioral NeurologyA Case-Based Approach, pp. 62 - 63Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2020
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