An autopsy is performed to determine the cause of death in an elderly man who may have been poisoned. His brain tissue shows neuritic plaques and neurofibrillary tangles in the cortex, but no other abnormalities
What would the future have held for him if he had lived? A) Neuronal degeneration in the neocortex and hippocampus
B) Dementia associated with smoking and hypertension
C) Neuronal atrophy in the frontal lobes
D) Lewy body dementia
A
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The man's brain shows signs of Alzheimer's disease. Vascular dementia (B) and frontotemporal dementia (C) have other indications. Lewy body dementia brain tissue would be similar to that in Alzheimer's but would also contain Lewy bodies.
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