Department of Radiology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA.
Department of Neurology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA.
J Alzheimers Dis. 2022;85(1):59-64. doi: 10.3233/JAD-215052.
We present the case of a cognitively unimpaired 77-year-old man with elevated, asymmetric, and longitudinally increasing Flortaucipir tau PET despite normal (visually negative) amyloid PET. His atypical tau PET signal persisted and globally increased in a follow-up scan five years later. Across eight years of observations, temporoparietal atrophy was observed consistent with tau PET patterns, but he retained the cognitively unimpaired classification. Altogether, his atypical tau PET signal is not explained by any known risk factors or alternative pathologies, and other imaging findings were not remarkable. He remains enrolled for further observation.
我们报告了一例认知功能正常的 77 岁男性,其 Flortaucipir tau PET 升高、不对称且纵向增加,尽管淀粉样 PET 正常(视觉上为阴性)。他的非典型 tau PET 信号持续存在,并在五年后的后续扫描中全局增加。在八年的观察中,观察到颞顶叶萎缩与 tau PET 模式一致,但他仍然保持认知功能正常的分类。总的来说,他的非典型 tau PET 信号不能用任何已知的危险因素或其他病理来解释,其他影像学发现也不显著。他仍在接受进一步观察。