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The Racoon Eye Sign in the Investigation of Dementia Using 18F-Florbetaben.
- Source :
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Clinical nuclear medicine [Clin Nucl Med] 2019 May; Vol. 44 (5), pp. 408-409. - Publication Year :
- 2019
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Abstract
- Differentiating Alzheimer disease (AD) from other forms of cognitive impairment and from normal aging can be challenging. As a consequence, the diagnosis of AD can be delayed, often occurring too late for meaningful intervention. The role of β-amyloid plaques in the pathogenesis of AD provides a target for highly sensitive and specific image quantification of amyloid plaque burden using β-amyloid PET (F-florbetaben). Here we present the case of a 77-year-old woman with increasing memory impairment and striking white matter changes on MRI, with the "racoon eye" sign on F-florebetaben PET imaging.
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 1536-0229
- Volume :
- 44
- Issue :
- 5
- Database :
- MEDLINE
- Journal :
- Clinical nuclear medicine
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 30829855
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1097/RLU.0000000000002502