whether she had breakfast that morning. She attempted to downplay her symptoms in order to create a better clinical impression. All of these convinced Dr Sieberhagen that she had a loss of brain function. Dr Sieberhagen advised Ms Louise Vermeulen that it was necessary to do MRI brain scan to confirm a degenerative brain process. (d) The MRI brain scan [30] A MRI brain scan of the deceased was done, which, according to Dr Sieberhagen, confirmed that the deceased was suffering from dementia, possibly the Alzheimer’s type. This diagnosis was reported to Dr Burger. [31] The MRI scans were handed up. At the hand thereof Dr Sieberhagen indicated that they clearly show that the volume of the brain ventricles are noticeably larger than they ought to be and that there is a noticeable enlargement of the separate neutral spaces, in particular of the frontal lobe areas. The temporal lobe areas are notably atrophied, or smaller than they should be. This confirmed a diagnosis of Alzheimer’s disease. Because it is situated in the frontal lobe area it would indicate the inability to reason, to think abstractly, to do executive planning and the loss of the ability to inhibit behaviour. Dr Sieberhagen said that the frontal lobe areas present the areas of the brain which contains memory and the ability to store new material. Such a patient is unable to retain and store material that was recently learned.
whether she had breakfast that morning. She attempted to downplay her symptoms in order to create a better clinical impression. All of these convinced Dr Sieberhagen that she had a loss of brain function. Dr Sieberhagen advised Ms Louise Vermeulen that it was necessary to do MRI brain scan to confirm a degenerative brain process. (d) The MRI brain scan [30] A MRI brain scan of the deceased was done, which, according to Dr Sieberhagen, confirmed that the deceased was suffering from dementia, possibly the Alzheimer’s type. This diagnosis was reported to Dr Burger. [31] The MRI scans were handed up. At the hand thereof Dr Sieberhagen indicated that they clearly show that the volume of the brain ventricles are noticeably larger than they ought to be and that there is a noticeable enlargement of the separate neutral spaces, in particular of the frontal lobe areas. The temporal lobe areas are notably atrophied, or smaller than they should be. This confirmed a diagnosis of Alzheimer’s disease. Because it is situated in the frontal lobe area it would indicate the inability to reason, to think abstractly, to do executive planning and the loss of the ability to inhibit behaviour. Dr Sieberhagen said that the frontal lobe areas present the areas of the brain which contains memory and the ability to store new material. Such a patient is unable to retain and store material that was recently learned.
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