TABLE 1.
Detailed Neuropsychological Assessment Reveals Global Cognitive Deficits
| Test | Raw | Standard Score | Percentile | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Factor | |||||
| Verbal learning/memory | 40 | SS=54 | <1 | ||
| Visual learning/memory | 38 | SS=54 | <1 | ||
| Hopkins adult reading test | 23 | Std=111 | 77 | ||
| Trails A | 44 | t=41 | 18 | ||
| WAIS-IV digit span | |||||
| Digits forward | 6 | t=43 | 24 | ||
| Digits backward | 3 | t=27 | 1 | ||
| Cognitive estimation task | 14 | t=19 | <1 | ||
| Calibrated ideational fluency | |||||
| Phonemic fluency total | 11 | t=24 | <1 | ||
| Semantic fluency total | 10 | t=19 | <1 | ||
| Boston naming test-30 item | 22 | t=21 | <1 | ||
| NAB language module | |||||
| Language index | Std=51 | 0.05 | |||
| Oral production | 7 | t=19 | <1 | ||
| Auditory comprehension | 77 | t=19 | <1 | ||
| Naming | 23 | t=19 | <1 | ||
| Reading comprehension | 13 | 50 | |||
| Writing | 9 | t=42 | 21 | ||
| Bill payment | 10 | t=19 | <1 | ||
| Clock drawing | 2/5 | t=19 | <1 | ||
| Clock copy | 4/5 | t=20 | <1 | ||
| Rey complex figure-copy | 29 | t=38 | 12 | ||
| Hopkins verbal learning test | |||||
| Total recall | 2 | t=19 | <1 | ||
| Delayed recall | 0 | t=21 | <1 | ||
| % retention | 0 | t=25 | 1 | ||
| Recognition discrimination | 7 | t=30 | 2 | ||
| Brief visual | |||||
| Total recall | 1 | t=19 | <1 | ||
| Delayed recall | 2 | t=19 | <1 | ||
| % retention | 100 | t=53 | 62 | ||
| Recognition discrimination | 2 | t=19 | <1 | ||
| Geriatric depression scale | 2/15 | t | WNL | ||
| Wisconsin card sorting test-64 | |||||
| Categories | 0 | <1 | |||
| Perseverative responses | 13 | t=41 | 19 | ||
| Failure to maintain set | 0 | ||||
| Total errors | 32 | t=36 | 8 | ||
The neuropsychological battery demonstrated severe memory, executive functioning, language, and visuospatial deficits.
WAIS indicates Wechsler adult intelligence scale; WNL, within normal limits.