Case 40-1977

Abstract

Presentation of CaseA 62-year-old right-handed man was admitted to the hospital because of progressive dementia.The patient was a native of the Cape Verde Islands, from which he emigrated to this country at the age of 52 years. There was a history of severe head injury in his twenties that resulted in coma for eight days. Convalescence was prolonged, but he finally improved and was able to return to work as a civil servant fluent in Portuguese and English. Ten years before admission he had a seizure that involved the right extremities, followed by a brief period of speech . . .