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  • Case Report   
  • J Neuropsychopharmacol Mental Health,
  • DOI: 10.4172/2472-095X.1000110

Iodine-123 Ioflupane Scintigraphy for the Diagnosis of Lewy Body Disease Presenting as a Posterior Cortical Atrophy

Kurt Segers1*, Florence Benoît2, Martine Duez2, Jean-Marie Meyts2, Anne Sophie Hambye3 and Murielle Surquin2
1Department of Neurology, Brugmann, University Hospital, Brussels, , Belgium
2Department of Geriatrics, Brugmann, University Hospital, , Brussels, Belgium
3Department of Nuclear Medicine, University Hospital, Brussels, , Belgium
*Corresponding Author : Kurt Segers, Department of Neurology, Brugmann University Hospital, Van Gehuchten 1020 Brussels, Belgium, Tel: + 32 (0)2 477.23.86, Fax: + 32 (0)2 477.21.78, Email: kurt.segers@chu-brugmann.be

Received Date: Apr 25, 2016 / Accepted Date: May 12, 2016 / Published Date: May 18, 2016

Abstract

We report the case of a 80-year old man who was admitted for loss of autonomy due to repeated falls and cognitive decline. The only symptom reported by the patient was difficulties with judging distances. Neurological examination revealed a transient extrapyramidal syndrome due to treatment with risperidone for visual hallucinations, but more importantly, a marked impairment of higher visual functions. Computerized tomography showed bilateral occipital lobe atrophy. Since Lewy body disease is a rare cause of Posterior Cortical Atrophy and given the visual hallucinations, we performed a 123-I-ioflupane brain scintigraphy which confirmed the diagnosis. To our knowledge, this is the first application of ioflupane-single photon emission computerized tomography in the diagnostic workup of a patient with Benson’s syndrome.

Keywords: Dementia; Posterior cortical atrophy; Lewy body disease; Iodine-123-ioflupane; Striatal imaging

Citation: Segers K, Benoit F, Duez M, Meyts JM, Hambye AS, et al. (2016) Iodine-123 Ioflupane Scintigraphy for the Diagnosis of Lewy Body Disease Presenting as a Posterior Cortical Atrophy. J Neuropsychopharmacol Mental Health 1: 110. Doi: 10.4172/2472-095X.1000110

Copyright: © 2016 Segers K, et al. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.

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