scholarly journals PET CT Brain for the Differential Diagnosis of Dementia -Indian Case Reports

2020 ◽  
Vol 14 (1) ◽  
pp. 68-73
Author(s):  
Aman Gupta ◽  
Aashish Gambhir
Keyword(s):  
Differential Diagnosis ◽  
Case Reports ◽  
Memory Loss ◽  
Current Case ◽  
Pet Ct ◽  
Diagnosis Of Dementia ◽  
Control Of Diabetes ◽  
Ct Brain ◽  
Differential Diagnosis Of Dementia

India has been termed as Diabetic hub of the globe. Along with other complications, one of the underestimated complication is cognitive decline and memory loss associated with poor diabetes control. In the Indian context, structural imaging like MRI-Magnetic Resonance imaging is more commonly used in Neurological disorders such as stroke, head injury, Functional imaging of the human brain has been underutilized in the Indian scenario. One such technique is PET CT which has been typically used as a cancer biomarker in India. By virtue of current case study, we propose i) association between poor control of Diabetes and poor cognition ii) role of PET CT brain in differential diagnosis of Dementia. We present two case reports providing strong findings for utilization of PET CT brain in Dementia protocols.

scholarly journals 18-FDG PET ANALYSYS FOR DEMENTIA DIAGNOSIS- BASELINE RESULTS FROM A REFERENCE CENTER IN RECIFE, BRAZIL

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Júlia Xavier Ramos ◽  
Bruno Zacarias ◽  
Breno Barbosa ◽  
Simone Brandão
Keyword(s):  
Differential Diagnosis ◽  
Lewy Bodies ◽  
Diagnostic Uncertainty ◽  
Medical Evaluation ◽  
Pet Ct ◽  
Diagnosis Of Dementia ◽  
Diagnostic Hypothesis ◽  
The Mean ◽  
Near Future

Background: Positrons emission tomography associated with computed tomography- PET/CT using the 18 F-fluorodeoxyglucose is a well-established exam for the medical evaluation of dementia, mainly helping in differential diagnosis to determine the specific type of dementia. Objectives: To describe the role of the PET/CT in the differential diagnosis of dementia in patients. Methods: a single-center, descriptive and records-based analysis of patients with Dementia evaluated in a clinic of Neurology at Recife and referred to PET/ CT due to diagnosis uncertainty, between 2020-2021. Results: 29 patients were included. The mean age was 65 years-old and 62% were female. Alzheimer’s dementia was the main diagnostic hypothesis (41.3%). PET/CT was suggestive of Alzheimer’s in 24%, Frontotemporal dementia in 21% and Lewy Bodies Dementia in 17% of patients. PET/CT results disagreed from clinical hypothesis in 21% o and in 10% it was inconclusive. In 38% it corroborated the clinical suspicion. Conclusions: in this sample the use of PET/CT FDG contributed to improve diagnostic accuracy in a significant subset of patients, mostly in the scenery of diagnostic uncertainty or atypical syndromes such as earlyonset dementias. A larger sample size and the continuation of this research will give us more information in the near future.

scholarly journals The value of FDG-PET/CT by using 3-dimensional stereotactic surface projection software analysis in the differential diagnosis of dementia

2015 ◽  
Vol 45 ◽  
pp. 1149-1158
Author(s):  
Esra ARSLAN ◽  
Özgül EKMEKÇİOĞLU ◽  
Fatma Arzu GÖRTAN ◽  
Zeynep Funda ENGİN AKCAN ◽  
Melih Engin ERKAN ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Differential Diagnosis ◽  
Fdg Pet ◽  
3 Dimensional ◽  
Software Analysis ◽  
Pet Ct ◽  
Surface Projection ◽  
Diagnosis Of Dementia ◽  
Fdg Pet Ct ◽  
Differential Diagnosis Of Dementia
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