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Is It Possible Clinically to Distinguish Dementia with Lewy Bodies from Alzheimer-type Dementia with Parkinson's Disease?:Based on clinical evaluation of two patients Yushi UTSUMI 1,2 , Eizo ISEKI 1 , Norio MURAYAMA 1,3 , Yosuke ICHIMIYA 1 , Heii ARAI 2 1Department of Psychiatry, Juntendo Tokyo Koto Geriatric Medical Center, Juntendo University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan 2Department of Psychiatry, Juntendo University School of Medicine 3Doctor Course of Psychology, Graduate School of Literature and Social Sciences, Nihon University Keyword: Dementia with Lewy bodies , Alzheimer-type dementia , Parkinson's disease , Visuoperceptual disability , Bender gestalt test pp.123-131
Published Date 2008/2/15
DOI https://doi.org/10.11477/mf.1405101131
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 For two patients showing mild dementia, we carried out neuropsychological tests such as MMSE, WAIS-III, WMS-R and Bender gestalt test (BGT) as well as radiological examinations such as MRI, SPECT and MIBG scintigraphy. Both patients met the criteria for the clinical diagnosis of probable dementia with Lewy bodies (DLB), because case 1 revealed a core feature, parkinsonism, and a suggestive feature, REM sleep behavior disorder, in addition to a central feature, progressive cognitive decline, while case 2 revealed three core features, fluctuating cognition, visual hallucinations and parkinsonism, and two suggestive features, REM sleep behavior disorder and neuroleptic sensitivity, in addition to a central feature. However, case 1 also met the criteria for the clinical diagnosis of probable Alzheimer's disease (AD). Both patients exhibited mild medial temporal lobe atrophy on MRI, and low myocardial uptake on MIBG scintigraphy. In contrast, case 1 did not show occipital hypoperfusion on SPECT, although case 2 did. Case 1 showed the BGT score below a cutoff point of DLB with the preserved gestalt in BGT performance, while case 2 showed the BGT score over a cutoff point of DLB with the destroyed gestalt. These findings indicate that case 1 does not show visuoperceptual disability characteristic of DLB, although case 2 does. Therefore, case 1 was diagnosed as Alzheimer-type dementia (ATD) with Parkinson's disease (PD), while case 2 was diagnosed as DLB. For differentiating DLB from ATD with PD, it is useful to detect the presence of visuoperceptual disability using BGT as well as SPECT.


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