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Question Date: 07/09/2023

Question: A 40 year old gentleman, former football player for 20 years, committed suicide by shooting himself. He had developed insidious onset gradually progressive executive dysfunction, memory disturbances and behavioral changes over 10 years. He was highly compulsive and lost his money in gambling. He became extremely short tempered and irritable was depressed all the time. His MRI Brain showed mild cortical thinning. CSF A beta 42 levels were normal and CSF tau was elevated. One day he expressed desire to learn shooting and then killed himself. What is the most likely cause of his dementia?

Options:

• Dementia with Lewy Body
• Pseudodementia
• Chronic traumatic encephalopathy
• Fronto temporal dementia

Correct Answer: Chronic traumatic encephalopathy

Explaination: CTE is the term used for this progressive neurodegenerative disorder characterized by often-progressive cognitive, behavior, and mood changes as well as possible motor deficits thought to result from repeated concussive or sub concussive head injury. The cognitive and behavioral deficits may lead to substance abuse, bankruptcy, and failed relationships

Reference: CONTINUUM (MINNEAP MINN) 201925(1 , DEMENTIA)187207.