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corticobasal syndrome (CBS)
Etiology:
- Alzheimer's disease
- corticobasal degeneration
- progressive supranuclear palsy
- frontotemporal dementia
- Lewy body dementia
- Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease
Clinical manifestations:
- dementia
- asymmetric parkinsonism
- dystonia
- apraxia
Radiology:
- positron emission tomography (PET) scan using 18F-fluorodeoxyglucose (FDG)
- bilateral frontal and parietal hypometabolism
- normal glucose metabolism in the basal ganglia [1]
Interactions
disease interactions
Related
cortical-basal ganglionic degeneration; corticobasal degeneration
General
frontotemporal dementia; frontotemporal lobar degeneration; frontotemporal neurocognitive disorder (FTD, FTLD)
syndrome
Properties
PATHOLOGY: atrophy
ANATOMIC-STRUCTURE: frontal lobe
temporal lobe
References
- Toro J et al
Medical Mystery Conclusion: A Woman with Progressive Cognitive
Decline and Apraxia
N Journal Watch. December 2, 2014