Frontotemporal Lobar Degeneration with Accumulation of Argyrophilic Grains and Lewy Bodies: A Clinicopathological Report

2015 ◽  
Vol 48 (1) ◽  
pp. 55-58 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jia Liu ◽  
Ming-wei Zhu ◽  
Thomas Arzberger ◽  
Lu-ning Wang
Author(s):  
Johannes Attems ◽  
Kurt A. Jellinger

This chapter describes the main neuropathological features of the most common age-associated neurodegenerative diseases, including Alzheimer’s disease, Parkinson’s disease, and dementia with Lewy bodies, as well as other less frequent ones such as multiple system atrophy, Pick’s disease, corticobasal degeneration, progressive supranuclear palsy, argyrophilic grain disease, neurofibrillary tangle-dominant dementia, frontotemporal lobar degeneration with TDP-43 pathology, and Huntington’s disease. Likewise, cerebral amyloid angiopathy, hippocampal sclerosis, vascular dementia, and prion diseases are described. A main aim of this chapter is to assist the reader in interpreting neuropathological reports; hence criteria for the neuropathological classifications of the major diseases are provided. One section covers general considerations on neurodegeneration, and basic pathophysiological mechanisms of tau, amyloid-β‎, α‎-synuclein, TDP-43, and prions are briefly described in the sections on the respective diseases. Finally, one section is dedicated to cerebral multimorbidity, and a view on currently emerging neuropathological methods is given.


2019 ◽  
Vol 31 (1) ◽  
pp. 153-153
Author(s):  
Tomoyuki Kawada

Liu et al. (2017) investigated caregiver burden of patients with frontotemporal lobar degeneration (FTD) and dementia with Lewy bodies (DLB), which was compared with caregivers of patients with Alzheimer's disease. The authors concluded that the frequency and severity of behavioral disturbances in caregiver of patients with FTD and DLB were higher than those with caregivers of patients with Alzheimer's disease. I have some concerns about their study.


Author(s):  
J Keith-Rokosh ◽  
L C Ang

Objectives:The neuropathological findings of 32 progressive supranuclear palsy (PSP) cases over a period of 17 years were reviewed.Results:Of the 26 cases with adequate clinical data, 20 patients either presented with cognitive dysfunction or developed a cognitive impairment subsequently during the course of the disease. Co-existing changes of argyrophilic grains and corticobasal degeneration (CBD) were found in 28% and 32% of the cases respectively. Alzheimer-related pathology was found in 69% of cases but only 18.75% of cases fulfilled the consortium to establish a registry for Alzheimer's disease (CERAD) criteria for either definite or probable Alzheimer's disease. Lewy bodies were noted in four cases (12.5%), all in the subcortical regions. Only seven cases of PSP showed no pathological evidence of other co-existing neurodegenerative diseases. The severity of the cerebrovascular pathology in this cohort was insufficient to explain any clinical symptomatology.Conclusions:As in previous studies, this study has demonstrated the frequent co-existence of pathological changes usually noted in other neurodegenerative diseases in PSP. Whether these coexisting pathological changes contribute to the cognitive impairment in PSP remains uncertain.


2020 ◽  
Vol 40 (6) ◽  
pp. 620-626
Author(s):  
Alifiya Kapasi ◽  
Jared R. Brosch ◽  
Kelly N. Nudelman ◽  
Sonal Agrawal ◽  
Tatiana M. Foroud ◽  
...  

Sign in / Sign up

Export Citation Format

Share Document