Items tagged “neurodegenerative”

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Frontotemporal lobar degeneration

Frontotemporal lobar degeneration (FTLD) is the pathological description of a group of neurodegenerative disorders characterized by focal atrophy of the frontal and/or temporal cortices. These results in variable clinical manifestations collectively known as frontotemporal dementia (FTD) syndrom...
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Multiple system atrophy

Multiple system atrophy (MSA) is a sporadic neurodegenerative disease (one of the synucleinopathies) characterized by varying degrees of cerebellar ataxia, autonomic dysfunction, parkinsonism, and corticospinal dysfunction.  Epidemiology Multiple systemic atrophy is a sporadic disease, with a ...
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Huntington disease

  Diagnosis almost certain
G Balachandran
Published 24 Dec 2010
68% complete
MRI
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Neurodegenerative disease

Neurodegenerative disease is a blanket term encompassing a wide variety of disorders, typically slowly progressive, with variable gradual neurologic dysfunction.  Over the years numerous classification schemas have been described, each adding a layer of confusion for students. The main distinct...
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Synucleinopathy

Synucleinopathies are a subgroup of neurodegenerative diseases, characterized by impairment of alpha-synuclein metabolism, resulting in abnormal intracellular deposits. They can further be divided into those with and those without the formation of Lewy bodies, although it should be noted that so...
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Shy-Drager syndrome

The Shy-Drager syndrome is a neurodegenerative disease, and one of the manifestations of multiple systemic atrophy (MSA). Terminology It is important to note that the current belief that olivopontocerebellar degeneration, Shy-Drager syndrome and striatonigral degeneration are different manifes...
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Parkinson disease

Parkinson disease (PD), also known as idiopathic Parkinson disease (iPD), is a neurodegenerative disease and movement disorder characterized by resting tremor, rigidity and hypokinesia due to progressive degeneration of dopaminergic neurons in the substantia nigra.  Epidemiology Parkinson dise...
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Kufor-Rakeb syndrome

Kufor-Rakeb syndrome, also known as Parkinson disease-9 (PARK9), is a rare neurodegenerative disease, considered a form of Mendelian parkinsonism.  Epidemiology This syndrome is very rare and was first described in an Arab consanguineous kindred 4. It has since been described in select familie...
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Cerebral transthyretin-associated amyloidoses

Cerebral involvement can be seen transthyretin-associated amyloidoses and presents as a neurodegenerative disease.  Epidemiology Age of presentation is very wide, ranging from adolescence to old age 1.  Clinical presentation Clinical presentation is variable, but includes 1: dementia spast...
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Posterior cortical atrophy

Posterior cortical atrophy, also known as Benson syndrome, is an uncommon neurodegenerative disease typically affecting individuals in the sixth and seventh decades of life. It is characterized by dysfunction of the parietal, posterior temporal, and occipital lobes which results in progressive a...
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Neuronal intranuclear hyaline inclusion disease

Neuronal intranuclear hyaline inclusion disease (NIID) is a slowly progressive neurodegenerative disease characterized by eosinophilic hyaline intranuclear inclusions in the central and peripheral nervous system, and also in the visceral organs. Epidemiology Originally considered as primarily ...
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Alzheimer disease

Alzheimer disease is a common neurodegenerative disease, responsible for 60-80% of all dementias, and imposing a significant burden on developed nations. It is associated with an accumulation and deposition of cerebral amyloid-β (Aβ) and is the most common cerebral amyloid deposition disease.  ...
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Multiple system atrophy (MSA-P)

  Diagnosis almost certain
Andrew Dixon
Published 27 Jul 2011
80% complete
MRI
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Huntington's disease

  Diagnosis almost certain
Frank Gaillard
Published 21 Mar 2013
71% complete
MRI
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Fronto-temporal lobar degeneration - semantic variant

  Diagnosis certain
Brad Hayhow
Published 25 Mar 2013
95% complete
Diagram MRI Nuclear medicine
Case

Fronto-temporal lobar degeneration - advanced semantic variant primary progressive aphasia

  Diagnosis certain
Brad Hayhow
Published 27 Mar 2013
98% complete
Diagram MRI Nuclear medicine
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Huntington disease

  Diagnosis probable
Mostafa Elfeky
Published 20 Dec 2017
68% complete
MRI
Case

Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease

  Diagnosis almost certain
Francesco Buemi
Published 22 Oct 2021
77% complete
MRI
Case

Huntington disease

  Diagnosis certain
Ashesh Ishwarlal Ranchod
Published 08 Jan 2023
95% complete
CT
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Multiply system atrophy cerebellar type (MSA-C)

  Diagnosis almost certain
Moamer Abdulghafoor Ibrahim
Published 22 Mar 2023
77% complete
MRI

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