Benson综合征患者两例神经心理特征与皮质代谢异常

目的 应用规范的神经心理评价结合结构影像以及功能影像正确诊断后部皮质萎缩,即Benson综合征.方法 对于综合认知功能评价证实以视空间功能异常为主要改变的2例Benson综合征患者进行系列的视空间功能检查、3D磁共振以及脱氧葡萄糖(FDG)-PET检查.结果 2例以记忆障碍为主诉就诊的患者,其中1例多次就诊于眼科诊断"视力障碍"而无其他异常发现,但经过仔细询问临床过程,规范的神经心理评价,结果证实患者有失认、视觉共济失调、失用、失读、失写(患者书写笔画正确,只是空间位置错误)等症状.2例患者MRI检查示双侧顶枕叶萎缩.FDG-PET反映顶枕皮质代谢减低,符合Benson综合征的诊断.结论 规范的神经心理评价可以正确地认识疾病本质,结构影像和功能影像对鉴别诊断Benson综合征有重要价值.

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Objective Standard neuropsychological assessment plus structural and functional imaging were used in accurate diagnosis of Benson's syndrome (posterior cortical atrophy).Method Serial neuropsychological screening and integrative assessments of visual spatial function, 3D structural MRIimaging and functional FDG-PET imaging were used in two cases of Benson' s syndrome.Results The clinical signs were agnosia, optic ataxia, apraxia, alexia, agraphia and prosopagnosia.MRI imaging revealed bilateral parietal and occipital lobe atrophy.FDG-PET imaging revealed low metabolism in the posterior cortex.The agraphia was constructive: the words were correct but written in the wrong location.Conclusion Standard neuropsychological assessments can recognize the disease nature.When combined with the structural and functional imaging, a correct diagnosis of Benson's syndrome can be made.

The neuropsychological and cortical metabolic changes in two patients with Benson's syndrome

Objective Standard neuropsychological assessment plus structural and functional imaging were used in accurate diagnosis of Benson's syndrome (posterior cortical atrophy).Method Serial neuropsychological screening and integrative assessments of visual spatial function, 3D structural MRIimaging and functional FDG-PET imaging were used in two cases of Benson' s syndrome.Results The clinical signs were agnosia, optic ataxia, apraxia, alexia, agraphia and prosopagnosia.MRI imaging revealed bilateral parietal and occipital lobe atrophy.FDG-PET imaging revealed low metabolism in the posterior cortex.The agraphia was constructive: the words were correct but written in the wrong location.Conclusion Standard neuropsychological assessments can recognize the disease nature.When combined with the structural and functional imaging, a correct diagnosis of Benson's syndrome can be made.