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DLB Core Features (4)
- Fluctuating cognition
- Visual hallucinations
- REM behavior disorder
- Parkinsonism
DLB vs PDD
- DLB: cognitive within 1 yr of parkinsonism (or before)
- PDD: motor > 1 yr before cognitive
DLB Supportive
- Severe antipsychotic sensitivity
- Autonomic dysfunction
- Non-visual hallucinations
DLB Biomarkers
- DaT-SCAN abnormal
- MIBG decreased
- PSG-confirmed RBD
DLB Imaging
- Relative preservation medial temporal lobe
- Generalized hypometabolism (occipital â distinguishes from AD)
- Cingulate island sign
DLB Pathology
- α-synuclein Lewy bodies (cortical + diffuse)
- Often + AD pathology
DLB Treatment
- ChEI very responsive (rivastigmine, donepezil)
- Pimavanserin for psychosis
- AVOID typical antipsychotics + olanzapine + risperidone (severe sensitivity!)
- Quetiapine, clozapine cautiously
- Levodopa cautiously for parkinsonism
Antipsychotic Sensitivity
- Severe EPS, NMS-like
- Can be fatal
- Up to 50% have severe reaction
Vascular Dementia Types
- Multi-infarct
- Strategic infarct
- Subcortical ischemic (small vessel)
- Hemorrhagic
- Mixed
VCI Features
- Stepwise (multi-infarct) or gradual (subcortical)
- Subcortical pattern: psychomotor slow, executive
- Vascular risk factors
VCI Treatment
- Vascular risk factor management (key)
- Antiplatelet for non-cardioembolic
- Anticoagulation for AF
- ChEI limited evidence
CADASIL
- AD, NOTCH3
- Recurrent strokes + migraine + cognitive + mood
- Anterior temporal white matter
- See Ch376
Specific Issues
Mixed Dementia
- AD + vascular very common (~ 30-40%)
- AD + DLB also
- Treat both
Binswanger Disease
- Subcortical small vessel
- White matter disease
- Lacunar infarcts
- Executive + gait disorder
- HTN typically
Hippocampal Sclerosis of Aging
- Pure amnestic, mimics AD
- Older patients
- Often + TDP-43 (LATE)
NPH (Normal Pressure Hydrocephalus)
- Triad: gait + cognition + urinary incontinence (âwet, wobbly, wackyâ)
- Ventricular enlargement out of proportion
- Improvement with LP/VP shunt (large volume tap test, ICP monitoring)
- Cognitive subcortical pattern
NPH vs Vascular Dementia
- Both have subcortical features
- NPH gait apraxia âmagneticâ
- NPH responds to shunt