Metric magnetic resonance imaging analysis reveals pronounced substantia-innominata atrophy in dementia with Lewy bodies with a psychiatric onset
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Metric magnetic resonance imaging analysis reveals pronounced substantia-innominata atrophy in dementia with Lewy bodies with a psychiatric onset
Hansen, N.; Müller, S. J.; Khadhraoui, E.; Riedel, C. H.; Langer, P.; Wiltfang, J. & Timäus, C.-A. et al. (2022)
Frontiers in Aging Neuroscience, 14 art. 815813. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3389/fnagi.2022.815813
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- Authors
- Hansen, Niels; Müller, Sebastian Johannes; Khadhraoui, Eya; Riedel, Christian Heiner; Langer, Philip; Wiltfang, Jens; Timäus, Charles-Arnold; Bouter, Caroline; Ernst, Marielle; Lange, Claudia
- Abstract
- Background Dementia with Lewy bodies (DLB) is a type of dementia often diagnosed in older patients. Since its initial symptoms range from delirium to psychiatric and cognitive symptoms, the diagnosis is often delayed. Objectives In our study, we evaluated the magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) of patients suffering from DLB in correlation with their initial symptoms taking a new pragmatic approach entailing manual measurements in addition to an automated volumetric analysis of MRI. Methods A total of 63 patients with diagnosed DLB and valid 3D data sets were retrospectively and blinded evaluated. We assessed atrophy patterns (1) manually for the substantia innominata and (2) via FastSurfer for the most common supratentorial regions. Initial symptoms were categorized by (1) mild cognitive impairment (MCI), (2) psychiatric episodes, and (3) delirium. Results Manual metric MRI measurements revealed moderate, but significant substantia-innominata (SI) atrophy in patients with a psychiatric onset. FastSurfer analysis revealed no regional volumetric differences between groups. Conclusion The SI in patients with DLB and a psychiatric-onset is more atrophied than that in patients with initial MCI. Our results suggest potential differences in SI between DLB subtypes at the prodromal stage, which are useful when taking a differential-diagnostic approach. This finding should be confirmed in larger patient cohorts.
- Issue Date
- 2022
- Publisher
- Frontiers Media S.A.
- Journal
- Frontiers in Aging Neuroscience
- eISSN
- 1663-4365
- Language
- English
- Sponsor
- Open-Access-Publikationsfonds 2022