Purpose: The Cingulate Island score (CIScore) is useful index for differentiating between dementia with Lewy body (DLB) and Alzheimer's disease (AD) using regional cerebral blood flow (rCBF) SPECT. The Z score standing for medial temporal lobe (MTL) atrophy and the ratio of Z score between dorsal brain stem (DBS) to MTL are useful indices for differentiating between DLB and AD using MRI with VSRAD. The current study investigated the diagnostic ability by the combined use of rCBF SPECT and MRI in the differentiation between AD and DLB.
Materials And Methods: In cases with 42 AD and 28 DLB undertaken Tc-99m-ECD SPECT and MRI, we analyzed differential diagnostic ability between AD and DLB among following conditions by single or combined settings. Namely, they were (1) the CIScore as a parameter of rCBF SPECT (DLB ≦ 0.25), (2) Z score value of MTL atrophy (DLB ≦ 2.05), (3) the ratio of Z score of DBS to medial temporal gray matter as a parameter of brain atrophy using VSRAD (DLB ≧ 0.38). Also, we analyzed them both including and omitting the elderly (over 75 years old).
Results: The accuracy of differential diagnosis in this condition was 74% for (1), 69% for (2), and 67% for (3). The accuracy by combination condition was 84% for (1) and (2), 81% for (1) and (3), and 67% for (2) and (3), respectively. The combination method by CIScore and the Z score of MTL showed the best accuracy. When we confined condition to ages younger than 75 years, the accuracy improved to 94% in the combination method.
Conclusion: The combined use of CIScore and Z score of MTL was suggested to be useful in the differential diagnosis between DLB and AD particularly in younger than 75 years old.
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