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ReviewThe American journal of case reports2018

Posterior Associative and Cingulate Cortex Involvement of Brain Single-Photon Emission Computed Tomography (SPECT) Imaging in Semantic Dementia with Probable Alzheimer Disease Pathology: A Case Report.

Yumi Takano, Keiko Kunitoki, Yasuko Tatewaki, Tatsushi Mutoh, Tomoko Totsune, Hideo Shimomura, Manabu Nakagawa, Hiroyuki Arai, Yasuyuki Taki

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Review in The American journal of case reports, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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2 citing papers in PubMed, 4 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

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9 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Yumi TakanoDepartment of Nuclear Medicine and Radiology, Institute of Development, Aging and Cancer, Tohoku University, Sendai, Miyagi, Japan.
Keiko KunitokiDepartment of Nuclear Medicine and Radiology, Institute of Development, Aging and Cancer, Tohoku University, Sendai, Miyagi, Japan.
Yasuko TatewakiDepartment of Nuclear Medicine and Radiology, Institute of Development, Aging and Cancer, Tohoku University, Sendai, Miyagi, Japan.
Tatsushi MutohDepartment of Nuclear Medicine and Radiology, Institute of Development, Aging and Cancer, Tohoku University, Sendai, Miyagi, Japan.
Tomoko TotsuneDepartment of Nuclear Medicine and Radiology, Institute of Development, Aging and Cancer, Tohoku University, Sendai, Miyagi, Japan.
Hideo ShimomuraDepartment of Nuclear Medicine and Radiology, Institute of Development, Aging and Cancer, Tohoku Univerisity, Sendai, Miyagi, Japan.
Manabu NakagawaDepartment of Nuclear Medicine and Radiology, Institute of Development, Aging and Cancer, Tohoku University, Sendai, Miyagi, Japan.
Hiroyuki AraiDepartment of Geriatric Medicine and Neuroimaging, Tohoku University Hospital, Sendai, Miyagi, Japan.
Yasuyuki TakiDepartment of Nuclear Medicine and Radiology, Institute of Development, Aging and Cancer, Tohoku University, Sendai, Miyagi, Japan.
Tohoku University · JPTohoku University Hospital · JP

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

BACKGROUND Semantic dementia (SD) is a type of primary progressive aphasia with prominent language dysfunction, mostly within the spectrum of frontotemporal lobar degeneration (FTLD). Although there is an overlap in clinical manifestations of SD attributable to FTLD and neuropathologically proven Alzheimer disease (AD), clinical diagnostic clues are not readily available. We present a characteristic finding based on a single-photon emission computed tomography (SPECT)-based regional cerebral blood flow study and its statistical imaging analysis for a rare case of SD with AD-like pathology. CASE REPORT A 61-year-old male was referred to our hospital due to difficulties in self-management and impaired comprehension of word meaning suggestive of SD. Although his brain MRI revealed mild frontal lobe atrophy, his SPECT with three-dimensional stereotactic surface projections (3D-SSP) analysis showed left-sided hypo-perfusion that was more prominent in the inferior temporal gyrus and the inferior parietal lobule, with bilateral frontal lobe hypo-perfusion. The SPECT scan also showed involvement of the right inferior parietal area and, in medial aspects, the posterior cingulate cortex and adjacent precuneus; these finding were compatible with early hypo-perfused areas seen in AD. The lumbar cerebrospinal fluid biomarker findings seemed to fit SD in association with probable AD pathology. CONCLUSIONS This is the first reported case to use SPECT with 3D-SSP statistical analysis as a potential, useful imaging modality for the diagnosis of SD with probable AD pathology.

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Imaging, Three-DimensionalAlzheimer DiseaseDiagnosis, DifferentialFrontotemporal DementiaGyrus CinguliHumansMagnetic Resonance ImagingMaleMiddle AgedNeuropsychological TestsTomography, Emission-Computed, Single-Photon

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PMID29429985
PMCPMC5817968
OpenAlexW2786263204

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