All of the following are causes of subcoical dementia except: (A) Alzheimer's disease, (B) Parkinson's disease, (C) HIV associated dementia, (D) Huntington's chorea
Answer is A. Coical Dementia's * Early Presentation of 4A's (Amnesia, Apraxia, Aphasia, Agnosia, Acalculia) Seen in: Alzheimer Disease Creutzfeldt Jacob Disease Picks disease & other Frontotemporal Dementia. Sub-coical Dementia Involves Sub-coical Structures (Like Basal Ganglia, Cerebellum, Brain Stem Nuclei) first * Present with motor symptoms (e.g. Tics, Chorea, Dysahria) Executive function disturbance and BPSD First Seen in : Parkinson's D/s Wilson's D/s Huntington's D/s, Progressive Supra-nuclear palsy Mixed presentation - Vascular Dementia, Dementia with Lewy Body