Sporadic corticobasal syndrome due to FTLD-TDP

  • Maria Carmela Tartaglia
  • , Manu Sidhu
  • , Victor Laluz
  • , Caroline Racine
  • , Gil D. Rabinovici
  • , Kelly Creighton
  • , Anna Karydas
  • , Rosa Rademakers
  • , Eric J. Huang
  • , Bruce L. Miller
  • , Stephen J. DeArmond
  • , William W. Seeley

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Abstract

Sporadic corticobasal syndrome (CBS) has been associated with diverse pathological substrates, but frontotemporal lobar degeneration with TDP-43 immunoreactive inclusions (FTLD-TDP) has only been linked to CBS among progranulin mutation carriers. We report the clinical, neuropsychological, imaging, genetic, and neuropathological features of GS, a patient with sporadic corticobasal syndrome. Genetic testing revealed no mutations in the microtubule associated protein tau or progranulin (PGRN) genes, but GS proved homozygous for the T allele of the rs5848 PGRN variant. Autopsy showed ubiquitin and TDP-43 pathology most similar to a pattern previously associated with PGRN mutation carriers. These findings confirm that FTLD-TDP should be included in the pathological differential diagnosis for sporadic CBS.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)365-374
Number of pages10
JournalActa Neuropathologica
Volume119
Issue number3
DOIs
StatePublished - Mar 2010

Keywords

  • Corticobasal degeneration
  • Frontotemporal lobar degeneration
  • Progranulin
  • TDP-43

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