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DEMENTIA AND GERIATRIC COGNITIVE DISORDERS
卷 28, 期 4, 页码 330-337出版社
KARGER
DOI: 10.1159/000251935
关键词
Idiopathic normal pressure hydrocephalus; Alzheimer's disease; Brain perfusion single photon emission computed tomography; Easy Z-score imaging system; Cognitive impairment; Gait disturbance; Urinary incontinence
资金
- Japan Society for the Promotion of Science [MT: 20790852]
Background/Aims: It is often difficult to distinguish idiopathic normal pressure hydrocephalus (iNPH) from other neurodegenerative disorders such as Alzheimer's disease (AD). To understand the characteristic pattern of blood flow in iNPH, we performed brain perfusion SPECT and analyzed the results by using the easy Z-score imaging system (eZIS). Methods: Subjects were 12 patients with probable iNPH and 10 probable AD patients with prominent ventriculomegaly. They underwent brain perfusion SPECT using Tc-99m-ethyl-cysteinate dimer as a tracer. Results: The two-tailed view display in eZIS demonstrated an obvious two-layer structure consisting of decreased blood flow around the corpus callosum and, in iNPH, enhanced perfusion in areas surrounding the cingulate gyrus in the sagittal view, while no AD cases showed these findings. Conclusion: Hypoperfusion around the corpus callosum in iNPH could be, at least partially, a false-positive finding due to an insufficient anatomical standardization of SPECT images caused by an abnormally enlarged ventricle. Increased blood perfusion in the external layer adjacent to the hypoperfused area might be caused by increased radioisotope count per volume resulting from exclusion of cerebral cortex by a dilated ventricle. Our results demonstrate that a two-layer appearance revealed by the two-tailed view analysis of brain perfusion SPECT using eZIS could be a means to detect iNPH. Copyright (c) 2009 S. Karger AG, Basel
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