18F-FDG PET assessment of Lewy body dementia with cerebellar diaschisis

Zaid Al-Faham; Rami K Zein; Ching-Yee Oliver Wong

doi:10.2967/jnmt.114.139295

18F-FDG PET assessment of Lewy body dementia with cerebellar diaschisis

J Nucl Med Technol. 2014 Dec;42(4):306-7. doi: 10.2967/jnmt.114.139295. Epub 2014 Sep 4.

Authors

Zaid Al-Faham¹, Rami K Zein², Ching-Yee Oliver Wong²

Affiliations

¹ Department of Diagnostic Radiology and Molecular Imaging, William Beaumont School of Medicine and Health System, Oakland University, Royal Oak, Michigan [email protected].
² Department of Diagnostic Radiology and Molecular Imaging, William Beaumont School of Medicine and Health System, Oakland University, Royal Oak, Michigan.

PMID: 25190733
DOI: 10.2967/jnmt.114.139295

Abstract

Alzheimer disease and Lewy body dementia are the 2 most common causes of dementia. Each disease has distinctive regional metabolic reduction patterns on (18)F-FDG PET. In this report, we present a rare case of an elderly man with dementia whereby (18)F-FDG PET clearly showed Lewy body disease with crossed cerebellar diaschisis.

Keywords: 18F-FDG PET; Lewy body dementia; crossed cerebellar diaschisis.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Aged
Cerebellum / physiopathology*
Fluorodeoxyglucose F18*
Humans
Lewy Body Disease / complications
Lewy Body Disease / diagnostic imaging*
Lewy Body Disease / physiopathology*
Male
Memory Disorders / complications
Positron-Emission Tomography*

Substances

Fluorodeoxyglucose F18