Author:
Gupta Aman,Gambhir Aashish
Abstract
India has been termed as Diabetic hub of the globe. Along with other complications, one of the underestimated complication is cognitive decline and memory loss associated with poor diabetes control. In the Indian context, structural imaging like MRI-Magnetic Resonance imaging is more commonly used in Neurological disorders such as stroke, head injury, Functional imaging of the human brain has been underutilized in the Indian scenario. One such technique is PET CT which has been typically used as a cancer biomarker in India. By virtue of current case study, we propose i) association between poor control of Diabetes and poor cognition ii) role of PET CT brain in differential diagnosis of Dementia. We present two case reports providing strong findings for utilization of PET CT brain in Dementia protocols.
Publisher
Bentham Science Publishers Ltd.
Subject
Psychiatry and Mental health,Neurology (clinical),Neurology
Reference9 articles.
1. Alzheimer’s and Related Disorders Society of India.
The Dementia India Report : Prevalence, impact, costs and services for dementia
2010;
1-10.
2. Ciudin A, Espinosa A, Simó-Servat O, et al.
Type 2 diabetes is an independent risk factor for dementia conversion in patients with mild cognitive impairment.
J Diabetes Complications
2017;
31
(8)
: 1272-4.
3. Cole AR, Astell A, Green C, Sutherland C.
Molecular connexions between dementia and diabetes.
Neurosci Biobehav Rev
2007;
31
(7)
: 1046-63.
4. Cosway R, Strachan MW, Dougall A, Frier BM, Deary IJ.
Cognitive function and information processing in type 2 diabetes.
Diabet Med
2001;
18
(10)
: 803-10.
5. Croxson SC, Jagger C.
Diabetes and cognitive impairment: a community-based study of elderly subjects.
Age Ageing
1995;
24
(5)
: 421-4.