Criteria for the diagnosis of corticobasal degeneration
Document Type
Article
Abstract
Current criteria for the clinical diagnosis of pathologically confirmed corticobasal degeneration (CBD) no longer reflect the expanding understanding of this disease and its clinicopathologic correlations. An international consortium of behavioral neurology, neuropsychology, and movement disorders specialists developed new criteria based on consensus and a systematic literature review. Clinical diagnoses (early or late) were identified for 267 nonoverlapping pathologically confirmed CBD cases from published reports and brain banks. Combined with consensus, 4 CBD phenotypes emerged: corticobasal syndrome (CBS), frontal behavioral-spatial syndrome (FBS), nonfluent/agrammatic variant of primary progressive aphasia (naPPA), and progressive supranuclear palsy syndrome (PSPS). Clinical features of CBD cases were extracted from descriptions of 209 brain bank and published patients, providing a comprehensive description of CBD and correcting common misconceptions. Clinical CBD phenotypes and features were combined to create 2 sets of criteria: more specific clinical research criteria for probable CBD and broader criteria for possible CBD that are more inclusive but have a higher chance to detect other tau-based pathologies. Probable CBD criteria require insidious onset and gradual progression for at least 1 year, age at onset ≥50 years, no similar family history or known tau mutations, and a clinical phenotype of probable CBS or either FBS or naPPA with at least 1 CBS feature.ThepossibleCBDcategoryuses similar criteria but has no restrictions on age or family history, allows tau mutations, permits less rigorous phenotype fulfillment, and includes a PSPS phenotype. Future validation and refinement of the proposed criteria are needed. © 2013 American Academy of Neurology.
Publication Date
1-29-2013
Publication Title
Neurology
ISSN
00283878
E-ISSN
1526632X
Volume
80
Issue
5
First Page
496
Last Page
503
PubMed ID
23359374
Digital Object Identifier (DOI)
10.1212/WNL.0b013e31827f0fd1
Recommended Citation
Armstrong, Melissa J.; Litvan, Irene; Lang, Anthony E.; Bak, Thomas H.; Bhatia, Kailash P.; Borroni, Barbara; Boxer, Adam L.; Dickson, Dennis W.; Grossman, Murray; Hallett, Mark; Josephs, Keith A.; Kertesz, Andrew; Lee, Suzee E.; Miller, Bruce L.; Reich, Stephen G.; Riley, David E.; Tolosa, Eduardo; Tröster, Alexander I.; Vidailhet, Marie; and Weiner, William J., "Criteria for the diagnosis of corticobasal degeneration" (2013). Clinical Neuropsychology. 56.
https://scholar.barrowneuro.org/neuropsychology/56