Dementia other diagnostic studies: Difference between revisions

	Dementia Microchapters
Patient Information
Overview
Classification
Causes Alzheimer's Disease; Parkinson's Disease; Binswanger's Disease; Dementia with Lewy bodies; Thiamine deficiency; Vascular dementia; Marijuana abuse; AIDS; Neurosyphilis; Normal pressure hydrocephalus; Vitamin B12 deficiency; Vitamin B6 deficiency;
Differential Diagnosis

Revision as of 02:23, 29 September 2020

Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]

Genetic testing
Cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) analysis is suggested in some cases
Electroencephalogram (EEG) may be used to diagnose Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease or underlying metabolic/toxic disorders
Lumber puncture
Brain biopsy
Positron emission tomography (PET)^[1] ^[2]
Single-photon emission computed tomography (SPECT)^[3]
VDRL
HIV testing

↑ Mirzaei S, Rodrigues M, Koehn H, Knoll P, Bruecke T (September 2003). "Metabolic impairment of brain metabolism in patients with Lewy body dementia". Eur. J. Neurol. 10 (5): 573–5. doi:10.1046/j.1468-1331.2003.00650.x. PMID 12940841.
↑ Lobotesis K, Fenwick JD, Phipps A, Ryman A, Swann A, Ballard C, McKeith IG, O'Brien JT (March 2001). "Occipital hypoperfusion on SPECT in dementia with Lewy bodies but not AD". Neurology. 56 (5): 643–9. doi:10.1212/wnl.56.5.643. PMID 11245717.
↑ Colloby SJ, Fenwick JD, Williams ED, Paling SM, Lobotesis K, Ballard C, McKeith I, O'Brien JT (May 2002). "A comparison of (99m)Tc-HMPAO SPET changes in dementia with Lewy bodies and Alzheimer's disease using statistical parametric mapping". Eur. J. Nucl. Med. Mol. Imaging. 29 (5): 615–22. doi:10.1007/s00259-002-0778-5. PMID 11976799.

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 *[[Brain biopsy]]
 *Positron emission tomography (PET)<ref name="pmid12940841">{{cite journal |vauthors=Mirzaei S, Rodrigues M, Koehn H, Knoll P, Bruecke T |title=Metabolic impairment of brain metabolism in patients with Lewy body dementia |journal=Eur. J. Neurol. |volume=10 |issue=5 |pages=573–5 |date=September 2003 |pmid=12940841 |doi=10.1046/j.1468-1331.2003.00650.x |url=}}</ref> <ref name="pmid11245717">{{cite journal |vauthors=Lobotesis K, Fenwick JD, Phipps A, Ryman A, Swann A, Ballard C, McKeith IG, O'Brien JT |title=Occipital hypoperfusion on SPECT in dementia with Lewy bodies but not AD |journal=Neurology |volume=56 |issue=5 |pages=643–9 |date=March 2001 |pmid=11245717 |doi=10.1212/wnl.56.5.643 |url=}}</ref>
-*Single-photon emission computed tomography ([[SPECT]])
+*Single-photon emission computed tomography ([[SPECT]])<ref name="pmid11976799">{{cite journal |vauthors=Colloby SJ, Fenwick JD, Williams ED, Paling SM, Lobotesis K, Ballard C, McKeith I, O'Brien JT |title=A comparison of (99m)Tc-HMPAO SPET changes in dementia with Lewy bodies and Alzheimer's disease using statistical parametric mapping |journal=Eur. J. Nucl. Med. Mol. Imaging |volume=29 |issue=5 |pages=615–22 |date=May 2002 |pmid=11976799 |doi=10.1007/s00259-002-0778-5 |url=}}</ref>
 *[[Venereal disease research laboratory (VDRL) test|VDRL]]
 *HIV testing