A Case of Idiopathic Parkinson's Disease Combined with Progressive Nonfluent Aphasia.
- Author:
Eun Joo KIM
1
;
Mee Kyoung SUH
;
Key Chung PARK
;
Yong JEONG
;
Juhee CHIN
;
Won Yong LEE
;
Duk L NA
Author Information
1. Department of Neurology, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Samsung Medical Center, Seoul, Korea. dukna@smc.samsung.co.kr
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords:
Idiopathic Parkinson's disease;
Aphasia;
Dementia
- MeSH:
Aged;
Alzheimer Disease;
Aphasia;
Atrophy;
Brain;
Comorbidity;
Dementia;
Fluorodeoxyglucose F18;
Frontotemporal Lobar Degeneration;
Humans;
Magnetic Resonance Imaging;
Parkinson Disease*;
Positron-Emission Tomography;
Primary Progressive Nonfluent Aphasia*
- From:Journal of the Korean Neurological Association
2004;22(2):152-156
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
It is not uncommon for idiopathic parkinson's disease (IPD) to occur concurrently with other degenerative dementing disorders such as Alzheimer's disease. However, there has been no report about the comorbidity of IPD and frontotemporal lobar degeneration. We report a 70-year-old man diagnosed with IPD accompanied by progressive non-fluent aphasia (PA). Brain MRI showed left frontal opercular atrophy, and an 18F-FDG PET scan revealed predominant left frontotemporal hypometabolism. It remains unknown whether or not the co-occurrence of IPD and PA was coincidental.
