57 Clinical Utility of Neuropsychological Evaluation in the Differential Diagnosis Between Late-Onset Primary Progressive Aphasia Semantic Variant (PPA-SV) Versus Limbic Predominant Age-Related TDP-43 Encephalopathy (LATE): A Case Report

Objective: Primary progressive aphasia semantic variant (PPA-SV) is an atypical dementia subtype on the frontotemporal dementia (FTD) spectrum. PPA-SV is clinically defined by naming and semantic deficits, with progressive language decline that generalizes to other domains over time. Typically, it p...

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Published in:Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society 2023-11, Vol.29 (s1), p.262-263
Main Authors: Boscarino, Joseph J, Cedeno, K. Brianalysse Nicolena, Leon, Yolanda C, Schoenberg, Mike R
Format: Article
Language:English
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Amyloid
Aphasia
Atrophy
Case reports
Cerebrovascular diseases
Cognitive ability
Dementia
Dementia (Non-AD)
Dementia disorders
Differential diagnosis
Encephalopathy
Frontotemporal dementia
Hippocampus
Language
Measuring techniques
Memory
Neuropsychology
Pathology
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Psychology
Recall
Rivastigmine
Sclerosis
Semantics
Tau protein
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Summary:Objective: Primary progressive aphasia semantic variant (PPA-SV) is an atypical dementia subtype on the frontotemporal dementia (FTD) spectrum. PPA-SV is clinically defined by naming and semantic deficits, with progressive language decline that generalizes to other domains over time. Typically, it presents as an early-onset dementia with TDP-43 pathology, but 33-46% of PPA-SV cases display initial onset after age 65 with potentially different clinical features. Limbic Predominant Age-Related TDP-43 Encephalopathy (LATE), a more recently discovered neurodegenerative entity, is defined by an older age of onset, hippocampal sclerosis/atrophy, and TDP-43 pathology with a gradually progressive amnestic profile that expands to other cognitive deficits over time. The authors present a case report with overlapping features and suspected TDP-43 neuropathology ante-mortem for two reasons: first, to highlight the need for clinical criteria to formally diagnose LATE, and second, to address a gap in the literature on the possible clinical differences of late-onset PPA-SV. Participants and Methods: The authors present a case of a 78-year-old Indian bilingual man (English dominant) with 18 years of education, noncontributory medical history, and gradually progressive cognitive complaints reported over the past few years who was seen for outpatient neuropsychological evaluation. Prior workup was notable for negative amyloid PET scan, negative p-tau 217 blood test, and abnormal brain MRI revealing marked bilateral hippocampal atrophy with ex vacuo ventriculomegaly and minimal cerebrovascular disease. He scored 23/30 on prior MMSE, was diagnosed with amnestic MCI, prescribed Namenda and Exelon, and complained of minor memory and word-finding difficulties with reportedly intact IADLs and no signs of NPH. Results: Neuropsychological testing revealed a profound dysnomia (RBANS Naming raw score = 1/10), and he provided 0 words on two semantic fluency tasks but 15 words on letter fluency. Receptive vocabulary score was also impaired (PPVT-4,
ISSN:1355-6177
1469-7661
DOI:10.1017/S1355617723003752