title: Cases from the aerospace medicine residents' teaching file. Case #42. An aviator with concentration deficit, Lyme disease organic diagnostic evaluation, and a somatoform disorder.
abstract: An aviator with concentration deficit, Lyme disease organic diagnostic evaluation, and a somatoform disorder. The clinical presentation, evaluation and diagnosis of an aviator being evaluated for vague cognitive deficits of episodic and long duration with a history of rigid ideation concerning Lyme disease. The patient was diagnosed as having an atypical somatoform disorder. The aeromedical disposition of this patient is also presented.
authors.affiliation: USAF School of Aerospace Medicine, Brooks Air Force Base, TX.
authors.forename: P J
authors.initials: PJ
authors.lastname: Stephens
authors.forename: F E
authors.initials: FE
authors.lastname: Carpenter
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000337:Aerospace Medicine; D001288:Attention; D003072:Cognition Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology / Q000503:physiopathology; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006801:Humans; D008193:Lyme Disease / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000523:psychology; D008297:Male; D013001:Somatoform Disorders / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis*