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. 2023 Feb 19;218(4):182–189. doi: 10.5694/mja2.51849
Young‐onset dementia Magnetic resonance imaging: areas affected Positron emission tomography: areas affected Other imaging modalities
Alzheimer disease

Hippocampus

Medial temporal lobes

Precuneus

Posterior cingulate

Parietotemporal

Amyloid‐β positron emission tomography
Posterior cortical atrophy Posterior/occipital regions Parietooccipital cortices Amyloid‐β positron emission tomography
Behavioural variant frontotemporal dementia Frontal (medial, orbitofrontal, anterior insula) Frontotemporal
Semantic frontotemporal dementia Anterior temporal Frontal midline structure (cingulate, orbitofrontal and anterior medial cortices, insula)
Progressive non‐fluent aphasia Frontotemporal region of left side: inferior frontal region, dorsolateral prefrontal, Broca and Wernicke area, and inferior temporal regions