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==Historical Perspective==
==Historical Perspective==
*Lewy body dementia (LBD) was named after Frederich Heinrich Lewy, a German-American neurologist who discovered the characteristic intracytoplasmic inclusions in 1912.<ref name="pmid13730588">{{cite journal| author=OKAZAKI H, LIPKIN LE, ARONSON SM| title=Diffuse intracytoplasmic ganglionic inclusions (Lewy type) associated with progressive dementia and quadriparesis in flexion. | journal=J Neuropathol Exp Neurol | year= 1961 | volume= 20 | issue=  | pages= 237-44 | pmid=13730588 | doi= | pmc= | url=http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=13730588  }} </ref><ref name="pmid23398715">{{cite journal| author=Huang Y, Halliday G| title=Can we clinically diagnose dementia with Lewy bodies yet? | journal=Transl Neurodegener | year= 2013 | volume= 2 | issue= 1 | pages= 4 | pmid=23398715 | doi=10.1186/2047-9158-2-4 | pmc=PMC3575256 | url=http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=23398715  }} </ref>
*Lewy body dementia (LBD) was named after Frederich Heinrich Lewy, a German-American neurologist who discovered the characteristic intracytoplasmic inclusions in 1912.<ref name="pmid13730588">{{cite journal| author=OKAZAKI H, LIPKIN LE, ARONSON SM| title=Diffuse intracytoplasmic ganglionic inclusions (Lewy type) associated with progressive dementia and quadriparesis in flexion. | journal=J Neuropathol Exp Neurol | year= 1961 | volume= 20 | issue=  | pages= 237-44 | pmid=13730588 | doi= | pmc= | url=http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=13730588  }} </ref><ref name="pmid23398715">{{cite journal| author=Huang Y, Halliday G| title=Can we clinically diagnose dementia with Lewy bodies yet? | journal=Transl Neurodegener | year= 2013 | volume= 2 | issue= 1 | pages= 4 | pmid=23398715 | doi=10.1186/2047-9158-2-4 | pmc=PMC3575256 | url=http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=23398715  }} </ref>
*In 1961, Okazaki suggested that the presence of cortical Lewy bodies with associated with the development of dementia.<ref name="pmid13730588">{{cite journal| author=OKAZAKI H, LIPKIN LE, ARONSON SM| title=Diffuse intracytoplasmic ganglionic inclusions (Lewy type) associated with progressive dementia and quadriparesis in flexion. | journal=J Neuropathol Exp Neurol | year= 1961 | volume= 20 | issue=  | pages= 237-44 | pmid=13730588 | doi= | pmc= | url=http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=13730588  }} </ref>
*In 1961, Okazaki suggested that the presence of cortical Lewy bodies in brain tissue was associated with the development of dementia.<ref name="pmid13730588">{{cite journal| author=OKAZAKI H, LIPKIN LE, ARONSON SM| title=Diffuse intracytoplasmic ganglionic inclusions (Lewy type) associated with progressive dementia and quadriparesis in flexion. | journal=J Neuropathol Exp Neurol | year= 1961 | volume= 20 | issue=  | pages= 237-44 | pmid=13730588 | doi= | pmc= | url=http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=13730588  }} </ref>
*In 1984, Kosaka and colleagues hypothesized that the presence of Lewy bodies may correspond to a new disease entity, which was eventually named "diffuse Lewy body disease".<ref name="pmid6094067">{{cite journal| author=Kosaka K, Yoshimura M, Ikeda K, Budka H| title=Diffuse type of Lewy body disease: progressive dementia with abundant cortical Lewy bodies and senile changes of varying degree--a new disease? | journal=Clin Neuropathol | year= 1984 | volume= 3 | issue= 5 | pages= 185-92 | pmid=6094067 | doi= | pmc= | url=http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=6094067  }} </ref> The disease name was then changed in 1996 at the First International Workshop of the Consortium on Dementia with Lewy Bodies (DLB) to become "dementia with Lewy bodies".<ref name="pmid8909416">{{cite journal| author=McKeith IG, Galasko D, Kosaka K, Perry EK, Dickson DW, Hansen LA et al.| title=Consensus guidelines for the clinical and pathologic diagnosis of dementia with Lewy bodies (DLB): report of the consortium on DLB international workshop. | journal=Neurology | year= 1996 | volume= 47 | issue= 5 | pages= 1113-24 | pmid=8909416 | doi= | pmc= | url=http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=8909416  }} </ref>
*In 1984, Kosaka and colleagues hypothesized that the presence of Lewy bodies may correspond to a new disease entity, which was eventually named "diffuse Lewy body disease".<ref name="pmid6094067">{{cite journal| author=Kosaka K, Yoshimura M, Ikeda K, Budka H| title=Diffuse type of Lewy body disease: progressive dementia with abundant cortical Lewy bodies and senile changes of varying degree--a new disease? | journal=Clin Neuropathol | year= 1984 | volume= 3 | issue= 5 | pages= 185-92 | pmid=6094067 | doi= | pmc= | url=http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=6094067  }} </ref> The disease name was then changed in 1996 at the First International Workshop of the Consortium on Dementia with Lewy Bodies (DLB) to become "dementia with Lewy bodies".<ref name="pmid8909416">{{cite journal| author=McKeith IG, Galasko D, Kosaka K, Perry EK, Dickson DW, Hansen LA et al.| title=Consensus guidelines for the clinical and pathologic diagnosis of dementia with Lewy bodies (DLB): report of the consortium on DLB international workshop. | journal=Neurology | year= 1996 | volume= 47 | issue= 5 | pages= 1113-24 | pmid=8909416 | doi= | pmc= | url=http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=8909416  }} </ref>
*DLB was not considered a diagnosis of dementia in the first 4 versions of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual (DSM) for Mental Disorders. In 2013, DSM-5 finally incorporated DLB as a diagnosis for dementia.<ref name="pmid23737408">{{cite journal| author=Regier DA, Kuhl EA, Kupfer DJ| title=The DSM-5: Classification and criteria changes. | journal=World Psychiatry | year= 2013 | volume= 12 | issue= 2 | pages= 92-8 | pmid=23737408 | doi=10.1002/wps.20050 | pmc=PMC3683251 | url=http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=23737408  }} </ref><ref name="pmid23398715">{{cite journal| author=Huang Y, Halliday G| title=Can we clinically diagnose dementia with Lewy bodies yet? | journal=Transl Neurodegener | year= 2013 | volume= 2 | issue= 1 | pages= 4 | pmid=23398715 | doi=10.1186/2047-9158-2-4 | pmc=PMC3575256 | url=http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=23398715  }} </ref>
*DLB was not considered a diagnosis of dementia in the first 4 versions of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual (DSM) for Mental Disorders. In 2013, DSM-5 finally incorporated DLB as a diagnosis for dementia.<ref name="pmid23737408">{{cite journal| author=Regier DA, Kuhl EA, Kupfer DJ| title=The DSM-5: Classification and criteria changes. | journal=World Psychiatry | year= 2013 | volume= 12 | issue= 2 | pages= 92-8 | pmid=23737408 | doi=10.1002/wps.20050 | pmc=PMC3683251 | url=http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=23737408  }} </ref><ref name="pmid23398715">{{cite journal| author=Huang Y, Halliday G| title=Can we clinically diagnose dementia with Lewy bodies yet? | journal=Transl Neurodegener | year= 2013 | volume= 2 | issue= 1 | pages= 4 | pmid=23398715 | doi=10.1186/2047-9158-2-4 | pmc=PMC3575256 | url=http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=23398715  }} </ref>

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Dementia with Lewy bodies
ICD-10 G31.8
ICD-9 331.82
DiseasesDB 3800
MeSH D020961

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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]; Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Kiran Singh, M.D. [2]

Overview

Dementia with Lewy bodies is the second most frequent cause of hospitalization for dementia, after Alzheimer's disease. Current estimates are that about 60-to-75% of diagnosed dementias are of the Alzheimer's and mixed (Alzheimer's and vascular dementia) type, 10-to-15% are Lewy Bodies type, with the remaining types being of an entire spectrum of dementias including frontotemporal lobar degeneration, alcoholic dementia, pure vascular dementia, etc.

Historical Perspective

  • Lewy body dementia (LBD) was named after Frederich Heinrich Lewy, a German-American neurologist who discovered the characteristic intracytoplasmic inclusions in 1912.[1][2]
  • In 1961, Okazaki suggested that the presence of cortical Lewy bodies in brain tissue was associated with the development of dementia.[1]
  • In 1984, Kosaka and colleagues hypothesized that the presence of Lewy bodies may correspond to a new disease entity, which was eventually named "diffuse Lewy body disease".[3] The disease name was then changed in 1996 at the First International Workshop of the Consortium on Dementia with Lewy Bodies (DLB) to become "dementia with Lewy bodies".[4]
  • DLB was not considered a diagnosis of dementia in the first 4 versions of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual (DSM) for Mental Disorders. In 2013, DSM-5 finally incorporated DLB as a diagnosis for dementia.[5][2]

Pathophysiology

The hallmark of dementia with Lewy bodies (DLB) is the presence of Lewy bodies that are accompanied by dystropic Lewy neurite (LN) in cortical and midbrain autonomic neurons. Lewy bodies are eosinophilic, filamentous, intracytoplasmic inclusion bodies composed of the following components:[6][7][8][9][10][11]

Differential Diagnosis

Dementia with Lewy bodies (DLB) should be distinguished from other disorder that cause memory impairment, recurrent hallucinations, and Parkinsonism. The most important differential diagnosis of DLB are Alzheimer's disease (AD) and Parkinson's disease (PD) due to the overlapping features of the 3 diseases and absence of clinical, radiographic, or neuropathological features that distinguish one from the other.

Alzheimer's disease (AD)

  • The majority of patients with LBD have senile and neuritic plaques suggestive of AD.[12]
  • Patients with AD have more prominent memory deficits.
  • Patients with DLB generally meet the criteria for the diagnosis of AD.
  • Patients with DLB often have a more rapid course of memory impairment than do patients with AD.[12]
  • Greater atrophy is generally observed in the grey matter medial temporal lobe among patients with AD compared to atrophy observed in putamen, basal forebrain, and white matter among patients with DLB.[12]

Parkinson's disease (PD) and Parkinson's disease dementia (PDD)

  • PD characterized by bradykinesia, resting tremor, and cogwheel rigidity.[12][13]
  • More than 80% of patients diagnosed with PD develop dementia.[13]
  • PD, PDD, and DLB have all been proposed to represent various ends of the spectrum of the same disease.[12][13]
  • Many patients with PD eventually develop dementia.
  • In contrast to PD and PDD, parkinsonism in DLB occurs before or at 1 year following onset of dementia symptoms. Patients with DLB classically present with earlier onset of falls and bone fractures compared to those with PD.[13]
  • Imaging is generally not useful to differentiate between PD and DLB. Cortical and subcortical Lewy bodies may be present in PD and DLB.[14]
  • Patients with DLB are less likely to respond to antiparkinsonian and antipsychotic pharmacotherapy. Paradoxically, DLB patients administered antiparkinsonian drugs have worse psychotic symptoms, and DLB patients administered antipsychotic drugs have increased rigidity, bradykinesia, and autonomic dysfunction (eg. orthostatic hypotension).[15]

Other Neurodegenerative Disorders

Other neurodegenerative disorders may also be considered in the differential diagnosis of DLB[12]:

  • Parkinson-plus syndromes (such as progressive supranuclear palsy, corticobasal degeneration, and multiple system atrophy)
  • Cortical basal ganglionic degeneration
  • Frontotemporal dementia (FTD)
  • Hydrocephalus
  • Vascular dementia
  • Prion-associated neurodegenerative diseases (eg. Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease)

Epidemiology and Demographics

DLB is the 2nd most common cause of dementia after Alzheimer's disease (AD) and is the underlying etiology of approximately 1.7-30.5% of dementia cases. DLB generally affects elderly patients > 65 years of age, and it has no gender predilection.

Incidence

  • In the general population, the annual incidence of DLB is 100 per 100,000 persons.[16]
  • Among patients with dementia, the annual incidence of DLB is 3,200 - 5,000 per 100,000 persons.[16]

Prevalence

  • In the general population, the prevalence of DLB is approximately 5,000 per 100,000 persons.[17][18][19][20][21][22]
  • Among patients with dementia, the prevalence of DLB ranged between 1,700 to 30,500 per 100,000 persons.[17][18][19][20][21][22]

Age

  • The majority of patients diagnosed with DLB are elderly patients aged > 65 years.

Gender

  • DLB has no gender predilection

Risk Factors

  • Genetic predisposition[23]

Diagnosis

Dementia with Lewy bodies (DLB) is characterized by the triad of progressive cognitive impairment, parkinsonism, and neuropsychiatric disturbances. The diagnosis of the DLB is usually made clinically based on history-taking and findings on physical examination in the absence of metabolic, vascular, and degenerative disoders. Unfortunately, the clinical features of DLB frequently overlap with other neurodegenerative diseases, namely Alzheimer's disease and Parkinson's disease, and some experts consider DLB to be part of the Alzheimer's/Parkinsonism spectrum. The presenting sign of DLB varies and may include any of memory impairment (57%), visual hallucinations (44%), depression (34%), problem solving difficulty (33%), abnormal gait (28%), tremor (25%), and stiffness (25%).[24][2]

Clinical Pearls: Distinguishing Features

There are several distinguishing feature of DLB compared to other neurodegenerative diseases:

  1. Dementia in DLB precedes parkinsonism symptoms.
  2. The progression of signs and symptoms in DLB is relatively rapid compared to other neurodegenerative diseases. The occurrence of parkinsonism is frequently observed within less than one year of onset of dementia. Classically, patients with DLB report postural instability (eg. frequent falls and bone fractures) early in the disease compared to the delayed onset of postural instability observed in Parkinson's disease.
  3. Hallucinations in DLB are frequently visual, compared to auditory hallucinations typically observed in schizophrenia or tactile hallucinations commonly observed in delirium.
  4. Sensitivity to neuroleptic agents and to antiparkinsonian drugs. As many patients with DLB are diagnosed with psychosis or Parkinson's disease due to the presence of overlapping features, symptoms in DLB paradoxically exacerbate upon administration of neuroleptics and antiparkinsonian drugs. Patients often experience worse psychotic symptoms (antiparkinsonian drugs) and parkinsonism symptoms (neuroleptics).[15][25]

Main Clinical Features[26]

Motor

Cognitive

Psychiatric

Dysautonomic

Less Common Features

Motor

Psychiatric

Dysautonomic
Sleep Disorders
Others

Diagnostic Criteria

DSM-V Diagnostic Criteria for Major or Mild Neurocognitive Disorder With Lewy Bodies[23]

  • A.The criteria are met for major or mild neurocognitive disorder.

AND

  • B.The disorder has an insidious onset and gradual progression.

AND

  • C.The disorder meets a combination of core diagnostic features and suggestive diagnostic features for either probable or possible neurocognitive disorder with Lewy bodies.

For probable major or mild neurocognitive disorder with Lewy bodies, the individual has two core features, or one suggestive feature with one or more core features.

For possible major or mild neurocognitive disorder with Lewy bodies, the individual has only one core feature, or one or more suggestive features.

  • 1.Core diagnostic features:
  • a.Fluctuating cognition with pronounced variations in attention and alertness.
  • b.Recurrent visual hallucinations that are well formed and detailed.
  • c.Spontaneous features of parkinsonism, with onset subsequent to the development of cognitive decline.
  • 2.Suggestive diagnostic features;
  • a.Meets criteria for rapid eye movement sleep behavior disorder.
  • b.Severe neuroleptic sensitivity.

AND

  • D.The disturbance is not better explained by cerebrovascular disease, another neurodegenerative disease, the effects of a substance, or another mental, neurological, or systemic disorder.

Treatment

The treatment of DLB, as with Parkinson's disease, involves striking a balance between treating the motor and emotive/cognitive symptoms. Treatment of the movement portion of the disease can typically result in worsening hallucinations and psychosis, while treatment of the hallucinations and psychosis can result in worsening movement symptoms. The use of cholinesterase inhibitors represents the treatment of choice. This improves symptoms, but does not cure the disease. The use of memantine may be recommended, and may represent a means to slow or prevent the decline of cognitive function, although strong evidence to support or disprove this is lacking.

Nomenclature

Dementia with Lewy bodies (DLB) is also known under a variety of other names including, Lewy Body dementia (LBD), Diffuse Lewy Body disease (DLBD), Cortical Lewy Body disease (CLBD), and Senile dementia of Lewy type. All incorporate the name Lewy, as Dr. Frederic Lewy (1885-1950) was first to discover the abnormal protein deposits ("Lewy Body inclusions") in the early 1900s.[27][28]

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