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Case 13 - Man Having Trouble Reading

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  09 January 2021

Pedro Rosa-Neto
Affiliation:
McGill University, Montréal
Serge Gauthier
Affiliation:
McGill University, Montréal
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JX is a 60-year-old man who presented to his general practitioner in mid-June of 2015 complaining that he was finding his spreadsheets at work harder to manage. He had taken a month of leave to seek medical attention. He had no difficulties describing the content of the spreadsheets to his colleagues, but found he had to zoom in on the specific pieces of data to be able to see them. He noted if he intently stared at the screen things would move around or change. He initially saw an opthalmologist, and there were no issues with his fields or acuity. He stated straight lines appeared crooked or had “knuckles” on them.

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Case Studies in Dementia
Common and Uncommon Presentations
, pp. 59 - 63
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2021

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