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Juhlin F, Mellqvist J, Eckerström M, Hellström P. Rey Auditory Verbal Learning Test in idiopathic normal pressure hydrocephalus and Alzheimer's disease. Clin Neuropsychol 2024; 38:202-218. [PMID: 37051850 DOI: 10.1080/13854046.2023.2200977] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/05/2022] [Accepted: 04/04/2023] [Indexed: 04/14/2023]
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Objective: This study aims to evaluate the ability of the Rey Auditory Verbal Learning Test (RAVLT), to separate the early stages of idiopathic normal pressure hydrocephalus (iNPH) from Alzheimer's disease (AD), both in comparison to each other and to healthy individuals (HI). Method: The RAVLT performance regarding learning, recall and recognition, was analyzed in three matched samples comprising 30 HI, 84 participants with AD and 84 with iNPH. The clinical samples were divided into two subgroups based on scores on the MMSE, High performers (27-30 points, n = 30) and Medium performers (18-26 points, n = 54). Results: Memory performance was significantly impaired in both clinical samples relative to HI, even in the comparisons with the subgroups consisting of only High-MMSE performers. Despite similar results on measures capturing learning, the iNPH patients outperformed AD patients on measures of recall and recognition. Conclusions: Learning impairment occurs early in iNPH and AD alike, when MMSE performance is still within normal limits. RAVLT measures of delayed recall and recognition are less affected in iNPH than in AD and may serve as differential diagnostic neuropsychological markers.
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- Fredrik Juhlin
- Neurology and Rehabilitation Clinic, Södra Älvsborg Hospital, Borås, Sweden
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- Geriatric, Neurology and Rehabilitation Clinic, SV Hospital Group, Kungalv, Sweden
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- Department of Psychiatry and Neurochemistry, Institute of Neuroscience and Physiology, The Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden
- Department of Psychology, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden
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- Hydrocephalus Research Unit, Department of Clinical Neuroscience, Institute of Neuroscience and Physiology, The Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden
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Cistaro A, Quartuccio N, Piccardo A, Meo G, Gandoglia I, Schiera IG, Fania P, Lupidi F, Bottoni G, Massollo M, Altrinetti V, Pestarino E, Iacozzi M, Iantorno M, Del Sette M. Brain positron emission tomography in idiopathic normal-pressure hydrocephalus: new 18 F-fluorodeoxyglucose pattern in a long-known syndrome. Nucl Med Commun 2023; 44:1163-1167. [PMID: 37779439 DOI: 10.1097/mnm.0000000000001763] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/03/2023]
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AIM Patients with idiopathic normal-pressure hydrocephalus (iNPH) can show a global reduction in cerebral glucose metabolism at [ 18 F]Fluorodeoxyglucose (FDG) PET. The presence of caudate hypometabolism has been identified as a potential biomarker in iNPH, yet there is limited evidence of hypermetabolic findings in patients with iNPH so far. METHODS We retrieved retrospectively patients with iNPH and normal cognitive assessment, evaluated before surgery undergoing brain [ 18 F]FDG-PET. The 18 F-FDG-PET brain scans were compared to those of a control group of healthy subjects, matched for age and sex, by statistical parametric mapping (SPM) to identify areas of relative hypo- and hypermetabolism. Furthermore, the existence of a correlation between areas of hypo- and hypermetabolism in the patient group was tested. RESULTS Seven iNPH patients (mean age 74 ± 6 years) were found in the hospital database. SPM group analysis revealed clusters of significant hypometabolism ( P = 0.001) in the iNPH group in the dorsal striatum, involving caudate and putamen bilaterally. Clusters of significant hypermetabolism ( P = 0.001) were revealed in the bilateral superior and precentral frontal gyrus (BA 4, 6). A significant inverse correlation between striatal hypometabolism and bilateral superior and precentral frontal gyrus hypermetabolism was revealed ( P < 0.001 corrected for multiple comparisons). CONCLUSION In this cohort, patients with iNPH showed subcortical hypometabolism, including bilateral dorsal striatum. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first report demonstrating a hypermetabolic pattern in the primary motor and premotor areas, and showing an inverse correlation between the striatum and motor cortex in patients with iNPH.
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- Nuclear Medicine Unit, Ospedali Riuniti Villa Sofia, Cervello, Palermo,
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- Nuclear Medicine Department, Ente Ospedaliero Ospedali Galliera,
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- Department of Neurology, IRCCS Ospedale Policlinico San Martino,
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- Department of Health Sciences (DISSAL), University of Genoa, Genoa and
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- Nuclear Medicine Department, Ente Ospedaliero Ospedali Galliera,
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- Nuclear Medicine Department, Ente Ospedaliero Ospedali Galliera,
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- Nuclear Medicine Department, Ente Ospedaliero Ospedali Galliera,
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Rau A, Schröter N, Blazhenets G, Maurer C, Urbach H, Meyer PT, Frings L. The metabolic spatial covariance pattern of definite idiopathic normal pressure hydrocephalus: an FDG PET study with principal components analysis. Alzheimers Res Ther 2023; 15:202. [PMID: 37980531 PMCID: PMC10657637 DOI: 10.1186/s13195-023-01339-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/28/2023] [Accepted: 10/24/2023] [Indexed: 11/20/2023]
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Identification of patients with idiopathic normal pressure hydrocephalus (iNPH) in a collective with suspected neurodegenerative disease is essential. This study aimed to determine the metabolic spatial covariance pattern of iNPH on FDG PET using an established technique based on scaled subprofile model principal components analysis (SSM-PCA).We identified 11 patients with definite iNPH. By applying SSM-PCA to the FDG PET data, they were compared to 48 age-matched healthy controls to determine the whole-brain voxel-wise metabolic spatial covariance pattern of definite iNPH (iNPH-related pattern, iNPHRP). The iNPHRP score was compared between groups of patients with definite iNPH, possible iNPH (N = 34), Alzheimer's (AD, N = 38), and Parkinson's disease (PD, N = 35) applying pairwise Mann-Whitney U tests and correction for multiple comparisons.SSM-PCA of FDG PET revealed an iNPHRP that is characterized by relative negative voxel weights at the vicinity of the lateral ventricles and relative positive weights in the paracentral midline region. The iNPHRP scores of patients with definite iNPH were substantially higher than in patients with AD and PD (both p < 0.05) and non-significantly higher than those of patients with possible iNPH. Subject scores of the iNPHRP discriminated definite iNPH from AD and PD with 96% and 100% accuracy and possible iNPH from AD and PD with 83% and 86% accuracy.We defined a novel metabolic spatial covariance pattern of iNPH that might facilitate the differential diagnosis of iNPH versus other neurodegenerative disorders. The knowledge of iNPH-associated alterations in the cerebral glucose metabolism is of high relevance as iNPH constitutes an important differential diagnosis to dementia and movement disorders.
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- Alexander Rau
- Department of Neuroradiology, Medical Center - University of Freiburg and Faculty of Medicine, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany
- Department of Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology, Medical Center - University of Freiburg and Faculty of Medicine, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany
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- Department of Neurology, Medical Center - University of Freiburg and Faculty of Medicine, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany
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- Department of Nuclear Medicine, Medical Center - University of Freiburg and Faculty of Medicine, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany
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- Center for Geriatrics and Gerontology, Medical Center - University of Freiburg and Faculty of Medicine, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany
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- Department of Neuroradiology, Medical Center - University of Freiburg and Faculty of Medicine, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany
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- Department of Nuclear Medicine, Medical Center - University of Freiburg and Faculty of Medicine, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany
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- Department of Nuclear Medicine, Medical Center - University of Freiburg and Faculty of Medicine, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany.
- Center for Geriatrics and Gerontology, Medical Center - University of Freiburg and Faculty of Medicine, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany.
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de Guilhem de Lataillade A, Boutoleau-Bretonnière C, Aguilar-Garcia J, Pallardy A, Bigot-Corbel E, Roualdes V, Leroy J, Damier P, Pouclet-Courtemanche H. Idiopathic normal pressure hydrocephalus and frontotemporal dementia: an unexpected association. Brain Commun 2022; 4:fcac319. [PMID: 36751501 PMCID: PMC9897186 DOI: 10.1093/braincomms/fcac319] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/05/2022] [Revised: 07/20/2022] [Accepted: 12/12/2022] [Indexed: 12/23/2022] Open
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Idiopathic normal pressure hydrocephalus has a complex multifactorial pathogenesis and is associated with Alzheimer's disease in many patients. To date, it is not well known if a similar association exists with behavioural variant of frontotemporal lobar degeneration. In a first step, we compare the prevalence of idiopathic normal pressure hydrocephalus in two groups of patients, one with behavioural variant of frontotemporal lobar degeneration (n = 69) and the other with Alzheimer's disease (n = 178). In the second step, we describe more precisely the phenotype of patients with the association of idiopathic normal pressure hydrocephalus and behavioural variant of frontotemporal lobar degeneration. Firstly, we report that the prevalence of idiopathic normal pressure hydrocephalus was far higher in the group of patients with behavioural variant of frontotemporal lobar degeneration than in the group of patients with Alzheimer's disease (7.25% and 1.1%, respectively, P = 0.02). Secondly, we show that patients with the double diagnosis share common clinical and para-clinical features of both idiopathic normal pressure hydrocephalus and behavioural variant of frontotemporal lobar degeneration patients, including CSF shunting efficacy in real-life experience. Overall, our results suggest a link between these two conditions and should encourage neurologists to look for idiopathic normal pressure hydrocephalus in their behavioural variant of frontotemporal lobar degeneration patients in the event of gait disturbances; the benefit/risk balance could indeed be in favour of shunt surgery for selected patients with this newly described entity.
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- Adrien de Guilhem de Lataillade
- Centre d'investigations cliniques, INSERM 1413, CHU Nantes, 44093 Nantes, France,Department of Neurology, CHU Nantes, 44093 Nantes, France,Nantes University, 44093 Nantes, France
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- Centre d'investigations cliniques, INSERM 1413, CHU Nantes, 44093 Nantes, France,Department of Memory Resource and Research Centre, CHU Nantes, 44093 Nantes, France,Department of Neurology, CHU Nantes, 44093 Nantes, France
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- Laboratory of Biochemistry, CHU Nantes, 44093 Nantes, France,Nantes University, 44093 Nantes, France
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- Department of Neurology, CHU Nantes, 44093 Nantes, France
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- Correspondence to: Hélène Pouclet-Courtemanche CMRR, CHU de Nantes, Hôpital Laennec, bd Jacques Monod 44093 Nantes cedex 1, France E-mail:
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Yin R, Wen J, Wei J. Progression in Neuroimaging of Normal Pressure Hydrocephalus. Front Neurol 2021; 12:700269. [PMID: 34867705 PMCID: PMC8636440 DOI: 10.3389/fneur.2021.700269] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/01/2021] [Accepted: 10/12/2021] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Normal-pressure hydrocephalus is a clinical syndrome that mainly targets the elderly population. It features dementia, impaired walking, and the malfunction of sphincters. The rapid identification and large-scale screening of patients with normal-pressure hydrocephalus (NPH) are of great significance as surgical interventions can greatly improve or even reverse the symptoms. This review aims to summarize the traditional parameters used to diagnose NPH and the emerging progression in neuroimaging of the disease, hoping to provide an up-to-date overall perspective and summarize the possible direction of its future development.
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- Rui Yin
- Department of Neurosurgery, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Peking Union Medical College, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Beijing, China
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Peking Union Medical College, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Beijing, China
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Peking Union Medical College, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Beijing, China
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Hoshino Y, Sugiyama M, Hirata K, Honda S, Saito H, Manabe A, Kudo K. Extremely low 18F-fluorodeoxyglucose uptake in the brain of a patient with metastatic neuroblastoma and its recovery after chemotherapy: A case report. Acta Radiol Open 2021; 10:20584601211026810. [PMID: 34377537 PMCID: PMC8330469 DOI: 10.1177/20584601211026810] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/29/2021] [Accepted: 06/01/2021] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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Commonly, physiological 18F-fluorodeoxyglucose (FDG) uptake in the brain can be observed in 18F-FDG positron emission tomography. Abnormal uptake of 18F-FDG in the brain suggests disorders of central nervous system. Here, we present a case of extremely low 18F-FDG uptake in the brain of a 4-year-old girl with whole-body metastatic neuroblastoma. Almost missing of physiological 18F-FDG uptake in the brain was ascribed at least partly to the metastatic neuroblastoma. The brain could regain physiological 18F-FDG uptake after chemotherapy.
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- Yutaka Hoshino
- Department of Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology, Hokkaido University Hospital, Sapporo, Japan.,Department of Diagnostic Imaging, Hokkaido University Graduate School of Medicine, Sapporo, Japan
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- Department of Pediatrics, Hokkaido University Hospital, Sapporo, Japan
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- Department of Diagnostic Imaging, Hokkaido University Graduate School of Medicine, Sapporo, Japan.,Department of Nuclear Medicine, Hokkaido University Hospital, Sapporo, Japan
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- Department of Gastroenterological Surgery I, Hokkaido University Hospital, Sapporo, Japan
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- Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, Hokkaido University Hospital, Sapporo, Japan
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- Department of Pediatrics, Hokkaido University Hospital, Sapporo, Japan
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- Department of Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology, Hokkaido University Hospital, Sapporo, Japan.,Department of Diagnostic Imaging, Hokkaido University Graduate School of Medicine, Sapporo, Japan.,Global Center for Biomedical Science and Engineering, Faculty of Medicine, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan
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Tripathi M, Vibha D. Normal-Pressure Hydrocephalus - Patient Evaluation and Decision-Making. Neurol India 2021; 69:S406-S412. [DOI: 10.4103/0028-3886.332267] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/04/2022]
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Wang Z, Zhang Y, Hu F, Ding J, Wang X. Pathogenesis and pathophysiology of idiopathic normal pressure hydrocephalus. CNS Neurosci Ther 2020; 26:1230-1240. [PMID: 33242372 PMCID: PMC7702234 DOI: 10.1111/cns.13526] [Citation(s) in RCA: 53] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/16/2020] [Revised: 10/27/2020] [Accepted: 10/27/2020] [Indexed: 12/11/2022] Open
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Idiopathic normal pressure hydrocephalus (iNPH), the most common type of adult‐onset hydrocephalus, is a potentially reversible neuropsychiatric entity characterized by dilated ventricles, cognitive deficit, gait apraxia, and urinary incontinence. Despite its relatively typical imaging features and clinical symptoms, the pathogenesis and pathophysiology of iNPH remain unclear. In this review, we summarize current pathogenetic conceptions of iNPH and its pathophysiological features that lead to neurological deficits. The common consensus is that ventriculomegaly resulting from cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) dynamics could initiate a vicious cycle of neurological damages in iNPH. Pathophysiological factors including hypoperfusion, glymphatic impairment, disturbance of metabolism, astrogliosis, neuroinflammation, and blood‐brain barrier disruption jointly cause white matter and gray matter lesions, and eventually lead to various iNPH symptoms. Also, we review the current treatment options and discuss the prospective treatment strategies for iNPH. CSF diversion with ventriculoperitoneal or lumboperitonealshunts remains as the standard therapy, while its complications prompt attempts to refine shunt insertion and develop new therapeutic procedures. Recent progress on advanced biomaterials and improved understanding of pathogenesis offers new avenues to treat iNPH.
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- Zhangyang Wang
- Department of Neurology, Zhongshan Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Neurology, Zhongshan Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Neurosugery, Zhongshan Hospital, Shanghai Medical College, Fudan University, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Neurology, Zhongshan Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Neurology, Zhongshan Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai, China.,Department of The State Key Laboratory of Medical Neurobiology, The Institutes of Brain Science and the Collaborative Innovation Center for Brain Science, Fudan University, Shanghai, China
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Miyazaki K, Hanaoka K, Kaida H, Chiba Y, Ishii K. Association between the Onset of Idiopathic Normal Pressure Hydrocephalus Symptoms and Reduced Default Mode Network Connectivity. Dement Geriatr Cogn Disord 2020; 49:255-263. [PMID: 32814322 PMCID: PMC7949227 DOI: 10.1159/000508338] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/18/2020] [Accepted: 04/29/2020] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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OBJECTIVE The aim was to examine the association between connectivity changes in the default mode network (DMN) and the progression of idiopathic normal pressure hydrocephalus (iNPH). METHODS We retrospectively recruited cases of preclinical and clinical iNPH from 2,196 patients who had received whole-body 18F-fluorodeoxyglucose-positron emission tomography/computed tomography (FDG-PET/CT) scanning. We included 31 cases with asymptomatic ventriculomegaly with features of iNPH on MRI (AVIM; reported as preclinical iNPH) and 12 with iNPH. We performed a voxel-based analysis of the brain FDG-PET images of the AVIM and iNPH groups as well as for each background-matched normal control (NC) group, using Statistical Parametric Mapping 12. Volume of interest (VOI)-based analysis was also performed. We set the VOI as the region from the precuneus to the posterior cingulate cortices (PCC), and compared the mean regional standardized uptake value ratio (SUVR) between the AVIM and iNPH group FDG-PET/CT images and each corresponding NC group. RESULTS The voxel-based analysis showed a greater decreased FDG uptake in the PCC in the iNPH group than in the AVIM group. The VOI-based analysis revealed no significant difference in the mean SUVR of the AVIM group and the corresponding NC group, but that of the iNPH group was significantly lower than that of its corresponding NC group. CONCLUSIONS DMN connectivity was reduced in the clinical iNPH group but not in the preclinical group. These data suggest that alterations in the functional connectivity of the DMN are related to the onset of iNPH symptoms.
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- Koichi Miyazaki
- Department of Radiology, Kindai University Faculty of Medicine, Osakasayama, Japan,
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- Institute of Advanced Clinical Medicine, Kindai University, Osakasayama, Japan
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- Department of Radiology, Kindai University Faculty of Medicine, Osakasayama, Japan
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- Clinical Research Center, Kindai University Hospital, Osakasayama, Japan
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- Department of Radiology, Kindai University Faculty of Medicine, Osakasayama, Japan
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Mattoli MV, Treglia G, Calcagni ML, Mangiola A, Anile C, Trevisi G. Usefulness of Brain Positron Emission Tomography with Different Tracers in the Evaluation of Patients with Idiopathic Normal Pressure Hydrocephalous. Int J Mol Sci 2020; 21:E6523. [PMID: 32906629 PMCID: PMC7555923 DOI: 10.3390/ijms21186523] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/25/2020] [Revised: 08/28/2020] [Accepted: 09/02/2020] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
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Idiopathic normal pressure hydrocephalus (iNPH) is the only form of dementia that can be cured by surgery. Its diagnosis relies on clinical and radiological criteria. Identifying patients who can benefit from surgery is challenging, as other neurological diseases can be concomitant or mimic iNPH. We performed a systematic review on the role of positron emission tomography (PET) in iNPH. We retrieved 35 papers evaluating four main functional aspects with different PET radiotracers: (1) PET with amyloid tracers, revealing Alzheimer's disease (AD) pathology in 20-57% of suspected iNPH patients, could be useful in predictions of surgical outcome. (2) PET with radiolabeled water as perfusion tracer showed a global decreased cerebral blood flow (CBF) and regional reduction of CBF in basal ganglia in iNPH; preoperative perfusion parameters could predict surgical outcome. (3) PET with 2-Deoxy-2-[18F]fluoroglucose ([18F]FDG ) showed a global reduction of glucose metabolism without a specific cortical pattern and a hypometabolism in basal ganglia; [18F]FDG PET may identify a coexisting neurodegenerative disease, helping in patient selection for surgery; postsurgery increase in glucose metabolism was associated with clinical improvement. (4) Dopaminergic PET imaging showed a postsynaptic D2 receptor reduction and striatal upregulation of D2 receptor after treatment, associated with clinical improvement. Overall, PET imaging could be a useful tool in iNPH diagnoses and treatment response.
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- Maria Vittoria Mattoli
- Department of Neurosciences, Imaging and Clinical Sciences, “G. d’Annunzio” Chieti-Pescara University, 66100 Chieti, Italy; (M.V.M.); (A.M.)
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- Clinic of Nuclear Medicine, Imaging Institute of Southern Switzerland, Ente Ospedaliero Cantonale, 6500 Bellinzona, Switzerland
- Academic Education, Research and Innovation Area, Ente Ospedaliero Cantonale, 6500 Bellinzona, Switzerland
- Department of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging, Lausanne University Hospital, University of Lausanne, 1011 Lausanne, Switzerland
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- Dipartimento di Diagnostica per Immagini, Radioterapia Oncologica ed Ematologia, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario A. Gemelli IRCCS, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, UOC di Medicina Nucleare, 00168 Rome, Italy;
- Istituto di Medicina Nucleare, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, 00168 Rome, Italy
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- Department of Neurosciences, Imaging and Clinical Sciences, “G. d’Annunzio” Chieti-Pescara University, 66100 Chieti, Italy; (M.V.M.); (A.M.)
- Neurosurgery Unit, Santo Spirito Hospital, 65124 Pescara, Italy;
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- Istituto di Neurochirurgia, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario A. Gemelli IRCCS, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, 00168 Rome, Italy;
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- Neurosurgery Unit, Santo Spirito Hospital, 65124 Pescara, Italy;
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