Table 2.
Tracer | Patient 1 | Patient 2 | Patient 3 | Patient 4 | Patient 5 |
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DaT | |||||
Putamina | ↓ | ↓ | ↓ | Norm | ↓ |
Caudate nucleus | Norm | ↓ | Norm | Norm | Norm |
PIB | |||||
Frontal lobe | ++ | + | ++ | + | – |
Parietal lobe | ++ | ++ | ++ | ++ | – |
Occipital lobe | + | + | + | ++ | – |
Temporal lobe | + | ++ | + | ++ | – |
Basal ganglia | – | – | – | – | – |
Cerebellum | – | – | – | – | – |
FDG | |||||
Frontal lobe | ↓ | ↓ | Norm | ↓ | Norm |
Parietal lobe | ↓ | ↓ | ↓ | ↓ | ↓ |
Occipital lobe | Norm | ↓ | ↓ | Norm | ↓ |
Temporal lobe | ↓ | ↓ | ↓ | ↓ | Norm |
Posterior cingulate cortex | Norm | Norm | Norm | ↓ | Norm |
Basal ganglia | ↓ | ↓ | ↓ | Norm | Norm |
Cerebellum | Norm | Norm | Norm | Norm | Norm |
+ indicates increased uptake of PIB; ++ indicates an apparent increase in PIB uptake; – indicates no apparent uptake of PIB; ↓ indicates decreased uptake of FDG and DaT; Norm indicates normal uptake of FDG and DaT. DaT, dopamine transporter; PIB, Pittsburgh compound B; FDG, fluorodeoxyglucose.