1
|
Sakurai K, Kaneda D, Morimoto S, Uchida Y, Inui S, Kimura Y, Kan H, Kato T, Ito K, Hashizume Y. Voxel-Based and Surface-Based Morphometry Analysis in Patients with Pathologically Confirmed Argyrophilic Grain Disease and Alzheimer’s Disease. J Alzheimers Dis 2023; 93:379-387. [PMID: 37005887 DOI: 10.3233/jad-230068] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 03/30/2023]
Abstract
Background: Due to clinicoradiological similarities, including amnestic cognitive impairment and limbic atrophy, differentiation of argyrophilic grain disease (AGD) from Alzheimer’s disease (AD) is often challenging. Minimally invasive biomarkers, especially magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), are valuable in routine clinical practice. Although it is necessary to explore radiological clues, morphometry analyses using new automated analytical methods, including whole-brain voxel-based morphometry (VBM) and surface-based morphometry (SBM), have not been sufficiently investigated in patients with pathologically confirmed AGD and AD. Objective: This study aimed to determine the volumetric differences in VBM and SBM analyses between patients with pathologically confirmed AGD and AD. Methods: Eight patients with pathologically confirmed AGD with a lower Braak neurofibrillary tangle stage (<III), 11 patients with pathologically confirmed AD without comorbid AGD, and 10 healthy controls (HC) were investigated. Gray matter volumetric changes in VBM and cortical thickness changes in SBM were compared between the two patient groups (i.e., AGD and AD) and the HC group. Results: In contrast to widespread gray matter volume or cortical thickness loss in the bilateral limbic, temporoparietal, and frontal lobes of the AD group, these were limited, especially in the limbic lobes, in the AGD group, compared with that of the HC group. Although bilateral posterior dominant gray matter volume loss was identified in the AD group compared with the AGD group on VBM, there was no significant cluster between these patient groups on SBM. Conclusion: VBM and SBM analyses both showed a different distribution of atrophic changes between AGD and AD.
Collapse
Affiliation(s)
- Keita Sakurai
- Department of Radiology, National Center for Geriatrics and Gerontology, Aichi, Japan
| | - Daita Kaneda
- Choju Medical Institute, Fukushimura Hospital, Aichi, Japan
| | - Satoru Morimoto
- Department of Physiology, School of Medicine, Keio University, Tokyo, Japan
| | - Yuto Uchida
- Department of Neurology, Nagoya City University Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Aichi, Japan
| | - Shohei Inui
- Department of Radiology, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
| | - Yasuyuki Kimura
- Department of Clinical and Experimental Neuroimaging, National Center for Geriatrics and Gerontology, Aichi, Japan
| | - Hirohito Kan
- Department of Integrated Health Sciences, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine, Aichi, Japan
| | - Takashi Kato
- Department of Radiology, National Center for Geriatrics and Gerontology, Aichi, Japan
| | - Kengo Ito
- Department of Radiology, National Center for Geriatrics and Gerontology, Aichi, Japan
| | | |
Collapse
|
2
|
Sakurai K, Kaneda D, Morimoto S, Uchida Y, Inui S, Kimura Y, Kato T, Ito K, Hashizume Y. Clinicoradiological features in progressive supranuclear palsy comorbid with argyrophilic grains. Mov Disord Clin Pract 2022; 9:484-488. [PMID: 35586531 PMCID: PMC9092728 DOI: 10.1002/mdc3.13455] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/19/2022] [Revised: 03/13/2022] [Accepted: 03/26/2022] [Indexed: 11/09/2022] Open
Abstract
Background Contrary to pure cases, the influence of comorbid argyrophilic grain disease (AGD) in progressive supranuclear palsy (PSP) has not been sufficiently evaluated. Objectives We compared the clinicoradiological features of 12 patients with PSP with (PSPw/AG) and 8 patients without AGD (PSPw/oAG). Methods Medical records and magnetic resonance imaging were checked retrospectively from a single brain bank database. Results Other than AGD, no differences were observed in any other neurodegenerative pathologies between the 2 groups. Ages at onset and deaths of patients with PSPw/AG were higher than those of patients with PSPw/oAG (77.9 ± 4.9 vs. 68.9 ± 5.9, and 87.0 ± 5.7 vs. 78.1 ± 5.0; P = 0.003 and P = 0.002, respectively). In addition to the later onset of motor symptoms, initial amnestic presentations were limited to 5 patients with PSPw/AG. Both characteristic midbrain atrophy and severe ambient gyrus atrophy were detected exclusively in 8 patients with PSPw/AG. Conclusions Initial amnestic presentations and ambient gyrus atrophy may be characteristic of PSPw/AG.
Collapse
Affiliation(s)
- Keita Sakurai
- Department of Radiology National Center for Geriatrics and Gerontology
| | | | - Satoru Morimoto
- Department of Physiology School of Medicine, Keio University
| | - Yuto Uchida
- Department of Neurology Nagoya City University Graduate School of Medical Sciences
| | - Shohei Inui
- Department of Radiology Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo
| | - Yasuyuki Kimura
- Department of Clinical and Experimental Neuroimaging National Center for Geriatrics and Gerontology
| | - Takashi Kato
- Department of Radiology National Center for Geriatrics and Gerontology
| | - Kengo Ito
- Department of Radiology National Center for Geriatrics and Gerontology
| | | |
Collapse
|
3
|
Sakurai K, Iwase T, Kaneda D, Uchida Y, Inui S, Morimoto S, Kimura Y, Kato T, Nihashi T, Ito K, Hashizume Y. Sloping Shoulders Sign: A Practical Radiological Sign for the Differentiation of Alzheimer's Disease and Argyrophilic Grain Disease. J Alzheimers Dis 2021; 84:1719-1727. [PMID: 34744080 DOI: 10.3233/jad-210638] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
Affiliation(s)
- Keita Sakurai
- Department of Radiology, National Center for Geriatrics and Gerontology, Obu, Aichi, Japan
| | - Tamaki Iwase
- Department of Neurology, Nagoya City Koseiin Medical Welfare Center, Nagoya, Aichi, Japan
| | - Daita Kaneda
- Choju Medical Institute, Fukushimura Hospital, Fukushima, Japan
| | - Yuto Uchida
- Department of Neurology, Nagoya City University Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Nagoya, Aichi, Japan
| | - Shohei Inui
- Department of Radiology, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
| | - Satoru Morimoto
- Department of Physiology, School of Medicine, Keio University, Tokyo, Japan
| | - Yasuyuki Kimura
- Department of Clinical and Experimental Neuroimaging, National Center for Geriatrics and Gerontology, Obu, Aichi, Japan
| | - Takashi Kato
- Department of Radiology, National Center for Geriatrics and Gerontology, Obu, Aichi, Japan
| | - Takashi Nihashi
- Department of Radiology, National Center for Geriatrics and Gerontology, Obu, Aichi, Japan
| | - Kengo Ito
- Department of Radiology, National Center for Geriatrics and Gerontology, Obu, Aichi, Japan
| | | |
Collapse
|
4
|
Sakurai K, Kaneda D, Uchida Y, Inui S, Bundo M, Akagi A, Nihashi T, Kimura Y, Kato T, Ito K, Ohashi W, Hashizume Y. Can Medial Temporal Impairment Be an Imaging Red Flag for Neurodegeneration in Disproportionately Enlarged Subarachnoid Space Hydrocephalus? J Alzheimers Dis 2021; 83:1199-1209. [PMID: 34420966 DOI: 10.3233/jad-210535] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
Abstract
BACKGROUND The differentiation of idiopathic normal pressure hydrocephalus (iNPH) from neurodegenerative diseases such as Alzheimer's disease (AD) and dementia with Lewy bodies (DLB) is often challenging because of their non-specific symptoms. Therefore, various neuroradiological markers other than ventriculomegaly have been proposed. Despite the utility of disproportionately enlarged subarachnoid-space hydrocephalus (DESH) for the appropriate selection of shunt surgery candidates, the specificity and neuropathology of this finding have not been sufficiently evaluated. OBJECTIVE Investigation of the clinicopathological features and comparison of the neuroradiological findings between DESH with postmortem neuropathological diagnoses (pDESH) and clinically-diagnosed iNPH (ciNPH) patients are the main purposes of this study. METHOD In addition to the retrospective evaluation of clinicopathological information, quantitative, semiquantitative, and qualitative magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) indices were compared between pathologically-investigated 10 patients with pDESH and 10 patients with ciNPHResults:Excluding one patient with multiple cerebral infarctions, the postmortem neuropathological diagnoses of the pathologically-investigated patients were mainly neurodegenerative diseases (five AD, one DLB with AD pathologies, one DLB, one argyrophilic grain disease, and one Huntington's disease). In addition to the common neuroradiological featuresConclusion:Hippocampal atrophy and deformation with temporal horn enlargement seem to be characteristic neuroradiological findings of long-standing severely demented patients with DESH and neurodegenerative diseases, mainly advanced-stage AD.
Collapse
Affiliation(s)
- Keita Sakurai
- Department of Radiology, National Center for Geriatrics and Gerontology, Aichi, Japan
| | - Daita Kaneda
- Choju Medical Institute, Fukushimura Hospital, Aichi, Japan
| | - Yuto Uchida
- Department of Neurology, Nagoya City University Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Nagoya, Japan
| | - Shohei Inui
- Department of Radiology, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
| | - Masahiko Bundo
- Department of Clinical and Experimental Neuroimaging, National Center for Geriatrics and Gerontology, Aichi, Japan
| | - Akio Akagi
- Department of Neuropathology, Institute for Medical Science of Aging, Aichi Medical University, Aichi, Japan
| | - Takashi Nihashi
- Department of Radiology, National Center for Geriatrics and Gerontology, Aichi, Japan
| | - Yasuyuki Kimura
- Department of Clinical and Experimental Neuroimaging, National Center for Geriatrics and Gerontology, Aichi, Japan
| | - Takashi Kato
- Department of Radiology, National Center for Geriatrics and Gerontology, Aichi, Japan
| | - Kengo Ito
- Department of Radiology, National Center for Geriatrics and Gerontology, Aichi, Japan
| | - Wataru Ohashi
- Division of Biostatistics, Clinical Research Center, Aichi Medical University Hospital, Aichi, Japan
| | | |
Collapse
|