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
Table 1. DAT scan-measured values compared with age-specific mean values, followed by the Z-Score for (A) Case 1, (B) Case 2, and (C) Case 3, respectively.
Striatum right SBR | Striatum left SBR | Anterior putamen right SBR | Anterior putamen left SBR | Posterior putamen right SBR | Posterior putamen left SBR | Caudatus right SBR | Caudatus left SBR | |
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() Case 1 | ||||||||
Measured value | +0.42 | +0.53 | +0.36 | +0.44 | +0.09 | +0.34 | +0.75 | +0.77 |
Mean (±1 SD) | 1.76 (±0.33) | 1.69 (±0.35) | 1.81 (±0.35) | 1.70 (±0.36) | 1.37 (±0.32) | 1.35 (±0.35) | 1.99 (±0.40) | 1.88 (±0.42) |
Z-Score | −4.02 | −3.26 | −4.17 | −3.47 | −3.96 | −2.87 | −3.11 | −2.64 |
() Case 2 | ||||||||
Measured value | +0.54 | +0.57 | +0.50 | +0.41 | +0.13 | +0.37 | +0.92 | +0.92 |
Mean (±1 SD) | 1.77 (±0.33) | 1.70 (±0.35) | 1.81 (±0.35) | 1.71 (±0.36) | 1.38 (±0.32) | 1.37 (±0.35) | 1.99 (±0.40) | 1.90 (±0.42) |
Z-Score | −3.67 | −3.18 | −3.79 | −3.58 | −3.86 | −2.83 | −2.70 | −2.32 |
() Case 3 | ||||||||
Measured value | +0.72 | +0.63 | +0.73 | +0.60 | +0.47 | +0.36 | +0.89 | +0.85 |
Mean (±1 SD) | 1.74 (±0.33) | 1.65 (±0.35) | 1.79 (±0.35) | 1.67 (±0.36) | 1.34 (±0.32) | 1.32 (±0.35) | 1.97 (±0.40) | 1.84 (±0.42) |
Z-Score | −3.05 | −2.88 | −3.05 | −2.94 | −2.68 | −2.72 | −2.71 | −2.35 |
All measurements were highly significant for dopamine deficiency. ** ( *** ( |