A Case Report of a 37-Year-Old Alzheimer's Disease Patient with Prominent Striatum Amyloid Retention
Psychiatry Investigation
; : 521-524, 2017.
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ABSTRACT
With recent advancement in amyloid imaging, diagnostic application of this new modality has become a great interest among researchers. New ligands, such as 18F- florbetaben, florbetapir and flutemetamol, have been discovered to overcome limitations of preexisting ligand Pittsburgh compound B. We report here a case of a 37-year-old male patient whose initial complaints comprised of gradual cognitive decline, apraxia, disorientation and sleep disturbances. 18F-Florbetaben amyloid imaging of the patient showed diffuse amyloid retention with prominent striatal uptake. This finding supports the clinical utility of amyloid imaging in diagnostic process of early-onset AD. Moreover, striatal dominant uptake pattern demonstrated in this patient include some meaningful clinical implications that warrant special attention among clinicians.
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الموضوع الرئيسي:
Apraxias
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Diagnostic Imaging
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Alzheimer Disease
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Amyloid
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Ligands
نوع الدراسة:
Diagnostic_studies
المحددات:
Adult
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Humans
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Male
اللغة:
En
مجلة:
Psychiatry Investigation
السنة:
2017
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Article