Relapsing polychondritis with features of dementia with Lewy bodies |
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Authors: | Elizabeth Head Arnold Starr Ronald C Kim Anna Parachikova Genaro E Lopez Malcolm Dick David H Cribbs |
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Institution: | (1) Institute for Brain Aging and Dementia, University of California, Irvine, CA 92697-4540, USA;(2) Department of Neurology, College of Medicine, University of California, 1259 Gillespie Neuroscience Research Facility, Irvine, CA 92697-4540, USA |
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Abstract: | We describe a 72-year old man with clinical features suggestive of dementia with Lewy bodies (DLB) who proved neuropathologically to have degeneration induced by relapsing polychondritis (RP), an autoimmune inflammatory disorder of cartilaginous tissues. There was lymphocytic infiltration of the leptomeninges, perivascular cuffing, reactive astrocytosis, and activation of microglia in multiple brain areas all consistent with an immunologically mediated process. There was widespread neuronal loss within the hippocampus, entorhinal cortex, and amygdala as well as diffuse myelin pallor of cortical pathways. Elevated levels of complement proteins and endothelial markers of inflammation were observed, which are similar to previous reports in DLB. This study demonstrates that qualitatively similar inflammation-associated neurodegeneration is present in widespread regions of the brain in a RP case presenting clinically as DLB.Senior authors Arnold Starr and David H. Cribbs contributed equally to this project.Funding supported by ADRC P50 AG16573, NIA-AG-20241 P50 AG000658, and NINDS-NS50895 (DHC) |
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Keywords: | Complement Hippocampal cell loss Neuroinflammation White matter degeneration |
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