05 April 2023
: Case report
The Importance of Dopamine Deficiency Evaluation in Non-Alzheimer Disease Dementias
Mistake in diagnosis
Bader Alkharisi1ADEF, Khaled Dostzada2ABD, Harleen Kaur2B, Manoj Kumar2B, Jeanne Y. Wei1AF, Gohar Azhar1ADEFDOI: 10.12659/AJCR.938344
Am J Case Rep 2023; 24:e938344
Figure 1. FP-CIT SPECT images of our patients; note the minimal dopamine tracer uptake in all 3 DLB cases, in which tracer uptake was restricted to the caudate with a period or full-stop appearance. Cases are identified as follows: (A) Case 1, (B) Case 2, and (C) Case 3. FP-CIT DLB, dementia with Lewy bodies; FP-CIT SPECT, single-photon emission computerized tomography with the ligand (123)I-2beta-carbometoxy-3beta-(4-iodophenyl)-N-(3-fluoropropyl) nortropane ((123)I-FP-CIT), which binds to the dopamine transporter reuptake site.