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. 2017 Feb 22;4(4):552-558.
doi: 10.1002/mdc3.12473. eCollection 2017 Jul-Aug.

Role of Corpus Callosum Volumetry in Differentiating the Subtypes of Progressive Supranuclear Palsy and Early Parkinson's Disease

Abhishek Lenka  1   2 , Shaik Afsar Pasha  2 , Sandhya Mangalore  3 , Lija George  2 , Ketan Ramakant Jhunjhunwala  1   2 , Bhawani Shankar Bagepally  1 , Rajini M Naduthota  2 , Jitender Saini  3 , Ravi Yadav  2 , Pramod Kumar Pal  2
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Role of Corpus Callosum Volumetry in Differentiating the Subtypes of Progressive Supranuclear Palsy and Early Parkinson's Disease

Abhishek Lenka et al. Mov Disord Clin Pract. .

Abstract

Background and objective: Progressive supranuclear palsy (PSP) is a progressive neurodegenerative disorder. Classic PSP or Richardson-Steele phenotype (PSP-RS) and parkinsonian phenotype (PSP-P) are the common subtypes of PSP. At the early stage, differentiating the subtypes of PSP as well as differentiating PSP from other parkinsonian disorders, especially Parkinson's disease (PD) is challenging. Microstructural abnormalities of corpus callosum (CC) have been reported both in PSP and PD. The objective of this study was to compare the volumes of various segments of CC between patients with PSP-P, PSP-RS, and early PD.

Methodology: This study included 32 patients with PSP (RS: 18, P: 14), 20 patients with early PD, and 25 controls. All subjects underwent 3-Tesla MRI. An automated surface-based analysis package (FreeSurfer) was used to divide CC into five segments: anterior (CC1), midanterior (CC2), central (CC3), midposterior (CC4), and posterior (CC5). Volumes of these segments were compared among the four groups.

Results: The PSP-RS group had significantly lower CC volume in all segments except in CC1 and CC5, whereas the volumes of the five segments of CC were comparable among PSP-P, PD and controls. The PSP-RS group had lower CC3 volume compared to the PSP-P group, and the PSP-RS group had lower volume of both CC2 and CC3 compared to the PD group.

Conclusions: The lower volume of the central segment of CC (CC3) might help in differentiating PSP-RS from PSP-P. There is no significant difference in the pattern of CC atrophy in PSP-P and early PD. Studies with higher sample sizes are warranted to confirm the results of our study.

Keywords: FreeSurfer; MRI; PD; PSP; Parkinson's disease; corpus callosum; progressive supranuclear palsy.

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Figure 1
Schematic representation of various segments of corpus callosum demonstrating the result of our study. PSP‐RS, progressive supranuclear palsy‐Richardson Steele phenotype; PSP‐P, progressive supranuclear palsy‐Parkinsonian phenotype; PD, Parkinson's disease; HC, healthy controls.
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