Neuroradiologic and clinical abnormalities in dementia of diffuse neurofibrillary tangles with calcification (Kosaka-Shibayama disease)

J Neurol Sci. 2003 May 15;209(1-2):105-9. doi: 10.1016/s0022-510x(02)00468-9.

Abstract

We describe a characteristic dementia patient diagnosed as diffuse neurofibrillary tangles with calcification (DNTC). Neuropsychologically, dementia, including a decline in memory retention and intelligence, and anomic aphasia were recognized. Imaging revealed circumscribed temporal dominant atrophy and calcification of the basal ganglia and cerebellum. SPECT and FDG-PET revealed a remarkable reduction of blood flow and metabolism in the temporal lobes; however, there is no reduction in the basal ganglia and cerebellum, and FDOPA-PET also disclosed no abnormalities. This suggests that calcification and neuronal degeneration occur independently in DNTC.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Anomia / etiology
  • Brain / diagnostic imaging
  • Calcinosis / diagnosis*
  • Calcinosis / diagnostic imaging
  • Calcinosis / etiology
  • Cognition Disorders / etiology
  • Dementia / classification
  • Dementia / complications
  • Dementia / diagnosis*
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging
  • Memory Disorders / etiology
  • Neurofibrillary Tangles*
  • Neuropsychological Tests
  • Tomography, Emission-Computed
  • Tomography, Emission-Computed, Single-Photon
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed