CASE REPORT
PET CT Brain for the Differential Diagnosis of Dementia -Indian Case Reports
Aman Gupta1, *, Aashish Gambhir2
Article Information
Identifiers and Pagination:
Year: 2020Volume: 14
First Page: 68
Last Page: 73
Publisher ID: TONEUJ-14-68
DOI: 10.2174/1874205X02014010068
Article History:
Received Date: 17/12/2019Revision Received Date: 16/03/2020
Acceptance Date: 18/03/2020
Electronic publication date: 22/09/2020
Collection year: 2020
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Abstract
India has been termed as Diabetic hub of the globe. Along with other complications, one of the underestimated complication is cognitive decline and memory loss associated with poor diabetes control. In the Indian context, structural imaging like MRI-Magnetic Resonance imaging is more commonly used in Neurological disorders such as stroke, head injury, Functional imaging of the human brain has been underutilized in the Indian scenario. One such technique is PET CT which has been typically used as a cancer biomarker in India. By virtue of current case study, we propose i) association between poor control of Diabetes and poor cognition ii) role of PET CT brain in differential diagnosis of Dementia. We present two case reports providing strong findings for utilization of PET CT brain in Dementia protocols.