Lily is a 71 year-old woman who recently suffered a minor stroke with no permanent physical or cognitive impairments. Within a week after the stroke, Lily who is normally an outgoing and energetic person, started to withdraw from family and friends and

lost interest in most of her hobbies. Her movements became extremely sluggish. Lily’s family finally insisted that she see her doctor when it became increasingly difficult for her to name objects/people and her speech became less fluent. Given this information, Lily may be suffering from __________.

A) pseudodementia
B) vascular depression
C) vascular dementia
D) multi-infarct dementia


Answer: B

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