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Ante mortem amyloid imaging and β-amyloid pathology in a case with dementia with Lewy bodies.
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PMID:  20961664     Owner:  NLM     Status:  In-Data-Review    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
The association between ante mortem [(11)C]-Pittsburgh Compound B (PiB) retention and β-amyloid (Aβ) load, Lewy body (LB) and neurofibrillary tangle (NFT) densities were investigated in a pathologically confirmed case of dementia with Lewy bodies (DLB). A 76 year old man presenting with a clinical diagnosis of DLB had undergone PiB-positron emission tomography (PET), (18)F FDG-PET and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) 18 months before death. The pathologic diagnosis was DLB neocortical-type with low-likelihood of Alzheimer's disease by NIA-Reagan criteria. Sections from regions of interest (ROI) on post-mortem examination were studied. A significant correlation was found between cortical Aβ density and PiB retention in the 17 corresponding ROIs (r = 0.899; p < 0.0001). Bielschowsky silver stain revealed mostly sparse neocortical neuritic plaques, whereas diffuse plaques were frequent. There was no correlation between LB density and PiB retention (r = 0.13; p = 0.66); nor between NFT density and PiB retention (r = -0.36; p = 0.17). The ROI-based analysis of imaging and histopathological data confirms that PiB uptake on PET is a specific marker for Aβ density, but cannot differentiate neuritic from diffuse amyloid plaques in this case with DLB.
Authors:
Kejal Kantarci; Chunhui Yang; Julie A Schneider; Matthew L Senjem; Denise A Reyes; Val J Lowe; Lisa L Barnes; Neelum T Aggarwal; David A Bennett; Glenn E Smith; Ronald C Petersen; Clifford R Jack; Bradley F Boeve
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Publication Detail:
Type:  Journal Article     Date:  2010-10-18
Journal Detail:
Title:  Neurobiology of aging     Volume:  33     ISSN:  1558-1497     ISO Abbreviation:  Neurobiol. Aging     Publication Date:  2012 May 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  2012-03-19     Completed Date:  -     Revised Date:  -    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  8100437     Medline TA:  Neurobiol Aging     Country:  United States    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  878-85     Citation Subset:  IM    
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Copyright © 2012 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
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Department of Radiology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA.
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