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Corticobasal syndrome mimicking Foix-Chavany-Marie syndrome with suggested 4-repeat tauopathy by tau PET.

Kosei NakamuraYasuko KurohaMasahiro HatakeyamaAtsushi Michael KimuraYukimi NakamuraYoshihiro MurakamiMasaki WatanabeHironaka IgarashiTetsuya TakahashiHitoshi Shimada
Published in: BMC geriatrics (2023)
We hereby present an atypical case of CBS showing clinical features mimicking FCMS at first presentation. TDP-43 proteinopathy was suspected based on the clinical symptoms in the early stages of the disease; however, the clinical course and imaging findings including tau PET suggested that her pathological background was 4-repeat tauopathy.
Keyphrases
  • case report
  • computed tomography
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  • positron emission tomography
  • cerebrospinal fluid
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