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Does corticobasal degeneration exist? A clinicopathological re-evaluation

Ling, H., O'Sullivan, S. S., Holton, J. L., Revesz, T., Massey, L. A., Williams, D. R., Paviour, D. C., Lees, A. J.·2010·Brain

Abstract

The pathological findings of corticobasal degeneration are associated with several distinct clinical syndromes, and the corticobasal syndrome has been linked with a number of diverse pathologies. We have reviewed all the archival cases in the Queen Square Brain Bank for Neurological Disorders over a 20-year period with either a clinical diagnosis of corticobasal syndrome or pathological diagnosis of corticobasal degeneration in an attempt to identify the main diagnostic pitfalls. Of 19 pathologically confirmed corticobasal degeneration cases, only five had been diagnosed correctly in life (sensitivity=26.3%) and four of these had received an alternative earlier diagnosis. All five of these had a unilateral presentation, clumsy useless limb, limb apraxia and myoclonus, four had cortical sensory impairment and focal limb dystonia and three had an alien limb. Eight cases of corticobasal degeneration had been clinically diagnosed as progressive supranuclear palsy, all of whom had vertical supranuclear palsy and seven had falls within the first 2 years. On the other hand, of 21 cases with a clinical diagnosis of corticobasal syndrome, only five had corticobasal degeneration pathology, giving a positive predictive value of 23.8%; six others had progressive supranuclear palsy pathology, five had Alzheimer's disease and the remaining five had other non-tau pathologies. Corticobasal degeneration can present very commonly with a clinical picture closely resembling classical progressive…

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Authors
Ling, H., O'Sullivan, S. S., Holton, J. L., Revesz, T., Massey, L. A., Williams, D. R., Paviour, D. C., & Lees, A. J.
Affiliations
  • National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery (GB)
  • UCL Queen Square Institute of Neurology (GB)
Venue
Brain
Published
2010-06-28
Volume
133
Issue
7
Pages
2045-2057
ISSN
  • 0006-8950 (ISSN-L)
  • 1460-2156
OpenAlex
W2103019844
Cited by
394
References
63
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FWCI
21.46
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
Locations
  • Brain (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • UCL Discovery (University College London) (submittedVersion)
Topics
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Psychiatry and Mental health › Dementia and Cognitive Impairment Research
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Neurology › Parkinson's Disease Mechanisms and Treatments
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Physiology › Alzheimer's disease research and treatments
Keywords
corticobasal degeneration, corticobasal syndrome, progressive supranuclear palsy, Richardson's syndrome, misdiagnosis, vertical supranuclear gaze palsy, limb apraxia, myoclonus, limb dystonia
MeSH terms
Aged, Aged, 80 and over, Basal Ganglia, Basal Ganglia Diseases, Cerebral Cortex, Female, Humans, Male, Middle Aged, Retrospective Studies, Supranuclear Palsy, Progressive, Neurodegenerative Diseases

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