Reference no: EM132814957

Instructions: Read the cases/situations carefully.

1.) Elsie was involved in a severe car accident that caused some damage to her legs and a small, but recognizable blood clot in her brain. Several months after the accident, Elsie wanted her neurologist to have another CT scan of her brain since she complained of experiencing hallucinatory images, lapses in decision-making, and a big, reddish lump in her left leg. 

Questions: 

1. What do you think will the CT Scan of Elsie's brain show? What part of the brain is severely damaged given the hallucinatory images and lapses in decision-making that Elsie experiences? Explain your answer in at least five sentences. 
2. What is the reddish lump that Elsie discovered in her leg? Could it be possible that the reddish lump was unrelated to her accident? Explain your answer in at least four sentences. 

2.) Benny, a 58-year old retired Army colonel complained of severe, unexpected jerky movements at various times of the day and certain memory lapses that he experiences almost every other day. Because of this, Benny's son told his father to have himself checked by a neurologist. After a thorough assessment of his manifestations and administration of several laboratory tests, the doctor concluded that Benny was experiencing Huntington's disease and early onset Alzheimer's disease. Benny was shocked upon hearing the diagnosis because no one in his family had ever been diagnosed with those diseases and that he could not understand if it was possible for the two diseases to co-occur, hence, Benny sought a second opinion from another neurologist. 

Questions: 

1. Do you think Benny is right in assuming that only genetic factors could cause Huntington's disease and Alzheimer's disease? Why or why not? Defend your answer using relevant literature. 
2. Is it possible for two brain diseases to co-occur all at the same time? Yes or No? Defend and explain your answer using relevant literature.