Senile Dementia of Alzheimer Type

Clinical Presentation:

• Usually presents with memory deficit or personality changes
• Recent memory loss that affects job performance, difficulty performing familiar tasks, problems with language, disorientation of time and place, poor or decreased judgment, problems with abstract thinking, misplaced things, changes in mood or behavior, changes in personality, loss of initiative.
• May present as new-onset auditory hallucinations in elderly

Histology:

Prognosis:
Median survival is 4-6 years after initial diagnosis of Alzheimer disease