Cases from the aerospace medicine residents' teaching file. Case #42. An aviator with concentration deficit, Lyme disease organic diagnostic evaluation, and a somatoform disorder.
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.
Stephens
P J
PJ
USAF School of Aerospace Medicine, Brooks Air Force Base, TX.
Carpenter
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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*