Medicine:Cingulate island sign
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| Differential diagnosis | Dementia with Lewy bodies |
In medicine, the cingulate island sign is a finding on brain scans that metabolism in the posterior cingulate cortex is preserved. It can help to identify dementia with Lewy bodies and distinguish it from Alzheimer's disease and other dementias.[1]
References
- ↑ McKeith, Ian G.; Boeve, Bradley F.; Dickson, Dennis W.; Halliday, Glenda; Taylor, John-Paul; Weintraub, Daniel; Aarsland, Dag; Galvin, James et al. (2017-07-04). "Diagnosis and management of dementia with Lewy bodies: Fourth consensus report of the DLB Consortium". Neurology 89 (1): 88–100. doi:10.1212/WNL.0000000000004058. PMID 28592453.
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