TY - JOUR
T1 - The bvFTD phenocopy syndrome
T2 - a case study supported by repeated MRI, [18F]FDG-PET and pathological assessment
AU - van Engelen, Marie-Paule E
AU - Rozemuller, Annemieke J M
AU - Ulugut Erkoyun, Hülya
AU - Groot, Colin
AU - Fieldhouse, Jay L P
AU - Koene, Ted
AU - Ossenkoppele, Rik
AU - Gossink, Flora T
AU - Krudop, Welmoed A
AU - Vijverberg, Everard G B
AU - Dols, Annemieke
AU - Barkhof, Frederik
AU - Berckel, Bart N M Van
AU - Scheltens, Philip
AU - Brain Bank, Netherlands
AU - Pijnenburg, Yolande A L
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2021 The Author(s). Published by Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group.
PY - 2021/4
Y1 - 2021/4
N2 - A clinical syndrome with neuropsychiatric features of bvFTD without neuroimaging abnormalities and a lack of decline is a phenocopy of bvFTD (phFTD). Growing evidence suggests that psychological, psychiatric and environmental factors underlie phFTD. We describe a patient diagnosed with bvFTD prior to the revision of the diagnostic guidelines of FTD. Repeated neuroimaging was normal and there was no FTD pathology at autopsy, rejecting the diagnosis. We hypothesize on etiological factors that on hindsight might have played a role. This case report contributes to the understanding of phFTD and adds to the sparse literature of the postmortem assessment of phFTD.
AB - A clinical syndrome with neuropsychiatric features of bvFTD without neuroimaging abnormalities and a lack of decline is a phenocopy of bvFTD (phFTD). Growing evidence suggests that psychological, psychiatric and environmental factors underlie phFTD. We describe a patient diagnosed with bvFTD prior to the revision of the diagnostic guidelines of FTD. Repeated neuroimaging was normal and there was no FTD pathology at autopsy, rejecting the diagnosis. We hypothesize on etiological factors that on hindsight might have played a role. This case report contributes to the understanding of phFTD and adds to the sparse literature of the postmortem assessment of phFTD.
KW - Fluorodeoxyglucose F18
KW - Frontotemporal Dementia
KW - Humans
KW - Magnetic Resonance Imaging
KW - Neuroimaging
KW - Phenotype
U2 - 10.1080/13554794.2021.1905855
DO - 10.1080/13554794.2021.1905855
M3 - Article
C2 - 33881963
SN - 1355-4794
VL - 27
SP - 181
EP - 189
JO - Neurocase
JF - Neurocase
IS - 2
ER -