ABSTRACT
In the cases below choose the most likely diagnosis. Each option may be used once, more than once or not at all.
1) Dementia with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS)
2) Frontal lobe tumour 3) Hypercalcaemia 4) Korsakoff’s syndrome
5) Multiple sclerosis 6) Temporal lobe abscess 7) Variant CreutzfeldtJakob
disease 8) Viral encephalitis 9) Vitamin B12 deficiency
10) Wilson’s disease
Question 1 A 55-year-old man is brought to see his general practitioner (GP) by his wife who reports he has become a completely different person over recent weeks. He recently lost his job for being rude to his customers and turning up late for work, which is completely out of character for the usually very pleasant and organized man. On examination he is incontinent of urine and has papilloedema.
