FDG positron emission tomography in diffuse Lewy body disease - A case report

Lewy body disease is a clinicopathologic condition that includes Parkinson' s disease at one end and diffuse Lewy body disease at the other hand. The l atter is often associated with progressive cognitive deterioration, levodop a-responsive parkinsonism, fluctuations of cognitive and motor functions, a nd visual and auditory hallucinations. In addition, it can be a familial di sease. Clinical and positron emission tomographic findings are described in a patient with atypical dementia and movement disorder and a pathologicall y proved diagnosis of diffuse Lewy body disease.