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One of the following is a reversible cause of dementia -

A
Toxic dementia
B
Alzheimer's ds.
C
Multi-infarct dementia
D
Pick ds.
High-Yield Explanation
Reversible causes of dementia Surgically treatable:- Normal pressure hydrocephalus, brain tumors (frontal lobe tumor), meningioma, subdural hematoma due to head injury, hydrocephalus. Medically treatable:- Depression, hypothyroidism, alcohol abuse, vitamin B 12/folate/Niacin deficiency, any metabolic or endocrine disturbance, neurosyphilis, Hashimoto's encephalopathy, Wilson's disease, celiac disease, Whipple's disease, chronic meningoencephalitis, drugs and toxin (toxic dementia). Irreversible causes of dementia:- Alzheimer's disease, vascular (multi-infarct) dementia, Parkinsonism, Huntington's chorea, Lewy body dementia, Pick's disease.

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