Abstract | OBJECTIVE: METHODS: Cross-sectional study in which 12 adults with various forms of X-ALD underwent clinical evaluation and brain MRI, followed by brain FDG-PET, neuropsychological assessment, and personality and psychopathology evaluation using the Symptom Checkist-90-Revised (SCL-90-R) and the Millon Clinical Multiaxial Inventory-III (MCMI-III). RESULTS: When compared to healthy control subjects (n = 27) by using Statistical Parametric Mapping 8 software, the patients with X-ALD-with or without brain MRI changes-showed a pattern of increased glucose metabolism in frontal lobes and reduced glucose metabolism in cerebellum and temporal lobe areas. On single case analysis by Scenium software, we found a similar pattern, with significant (p < 0.02) correlation between the degree of hypermetabolism in the frontal lobes of each patient and the corresponding X-ALD clinical scores. With respect to personality, we found that patients with X-ALD usually present with an obsessive-compulsive personality disorder on the MCMI-III, with significant (p < 0.05) correlation between glucose uptake in ventral striatum and severity of score on the obsessive-compulsive subscale. CONCLUSIONS: We examined cerebral glucose metabolism using FDG-PET in a cohort of patients with X-ALD and provided definite evidence that in X-ALD the analysis of brain glucose metabolism reveals abnormalities independent from morphologic and signal changes detected by MRI and related to clinical severity. Brain FDG-PET may be a useful neuroimaging technique for the characterization of X-ALD and possibly other leukodystrophies.
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Authors | Ettore Salsano, Giorgio Marotta, Valentina Manfredi, Anna Rita Giovagnoli, Laura Farina, Mario Savoiardo, Davide Pareyson, Riccardo Benti, Graziella Uziel |
Journal | Neurology
(Neurology)
Vol. 83
Issue 11
Pg. 981-9
(Sep 09 2014)
ISSN: 1526-632X [Electronic] United States |
PMID | 25098542
(Publication Type: Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't)
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Copyright | © 2014 American Academy of Neurology. |
Chemical References |
- Radiopharmaceuticals
- Fluorodeoxyglucose F18
- Glucose
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Topics |
- Adrenoleukodystrophy
(diagnostic imaging, metabolism)
- Adult
- Brain
(diagnostic imaging, metabolism)
- Brain Mapping
(methods)
- Cross-Sectional Studies
- Fluorodeoxyglucose F18
- Glucose
(metabolism)
- Humans
- Image Processing, Computer-Assisted
(methods)
- Male
- Middle Aged
- Neuropsychological Tests
- Personality
(physiology)
- Personality Assessment
- Positron-Emission Tomography
- Psychiatric Status Rating Scales
- Radiopharmaceuticals
- Software
- Young Adult
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