Presentation and history

A 62-year-old female retired executive began having difficulty finding words. She slowly began to lose her ability to express ideas. She became quieter and somewhat socially withdrawn. She also started to have trouble writing. When talking, she took a long time to express her ideas and communicated agrammatically with nouns. Others told her that she had trouble "spitting out her words." Social graces remained preserved, although she expressed profound frustration regarding her speech, and she developed a major depression. There was no family history of dementia.