Brain positron emission tomography in idiopathic normal-pressure hydrocephalus : new 18 F-fluorodeoxyglucose pattern in a long-known syndrome

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AIM: Patients with idiopathic normal-pressure hydrocephalus (iNPH) can show a global reduction in cerebral glucose metabolism at [ 18 F]Fluorodeoxyglucose (FDG) PET. The presence of caudate hypometabolism has been identified as a potential biomarker in iNPH, yet there is limited evidence of hypermetabolic findings in patients with iNPH so far.

METHODS: We retrieved retrospectively patients with iNPH and normal cognitive assessment, evaluated before surgery undergoing brain [ 18 F]FDG-PET. The 18 F-FDG-PET brain scans were compared to those of a control group of healthy subjects, matched for age and sex, by statistical parametric mapping (SPM) to identify areas of relative hypo- and hypermetabolism. Furthermore, the existence of a correlation between areas of hypo- and hypermetabolism in the patient group was tested.

RESULTS: Seven iNPH patients (mean age 74 ± 6 years) were found in the hospital database. SPM group analysis revealed clusters of significant hypometabolism ( P  = 0.001) in the iNPH group in the dorsal striatum, involving caudate and putamen bilaterally. Clusters of significant hypermetabolism ( P  = 0.001) were revealed in the bilateral superior and precentral frontal gyrus (BA 4, 6). A significant inverse correlation between striatal hypometabolism and bilateral superior and precentral frontal gyrus hypermetabolism was revealed ( P  < 0.001 corrected for multiple comparisons).

CONCLUSION: In this cohort, patients with iNPH showed subcortical hypometabolism, including bilateral dorsal striatum. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first report demonstrating a hypermetabolic pattern in the primary motor and premotor areas, and showing an inverse correlation between the striatum and motor cortex in patients with iNPH.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2023

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2023

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:44

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Nuclear medicine communications - 44(2023), 12 vom: 01. Dez., Seite 1163-1167

Sprache:

Englisch

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Cistaro, Angelina [VerfasserIn]
Quartuccio, Natale [VerfasserIn]
Piccardo, Arnoldo [VerfasserIn]
Meo, Giuseppe [VerfasserIn]
Gandoglia, Ilaria [VerfasserIn]
Schiera, Irene Giovanna [VerfasserIn]
Fania, Piercarlo [VerfasserIn]
Lupidi, Francesco [VerfasserIn]
Bottoni, Gianluca [VerfasserIn]
Massollo, Michela [VerfasserIn]
Altrinetti, Vania [VerfasserIn]
Pestarino, Emanuela [VerfasserIn]
Iacozzi, Massimiliano [VerfasserIn]
Iantorno, Massimiliano [VerfasserIn]
Del Sette, Massimo [VerfasserIn]

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Fluorodeoxyglucose F18
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Date Completed 09.11.2023

Date Revised 09.11.2023

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1097/MNM.0000000000001763

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NLM362752907