Major depression mistaken as frontotemporal dementia due to PET scan

JRSM Open. 2024 Apr 2;15(4):20542704241241113. doi: 10.1177/20542704241241113. eCollection 2024 Apr.

Authors

Martin Bystad¹, Ole Grønli^{1

2}, Rolf Wynn^{2

3}

Affiliations

¹ Division of Substance Use and Mental Health, University Hospital of North Norway, Tromsø, Norway.
² Department of Clinical Medicine, UiT The Arctic University of Tromsø, Tromsø, Norway.
³ Department of Education, ICT and Learning, Østfold University College, Halden, Norway.

Abstract

Clinicians should be aware that the hypometabolism associated with depression can mimic frontotemporal dementia on PET.

Keywords: Frontotemporal dementia; PET; depression; neuroimage; neuropsychology.

© 2024 The Author(s).

Publication types

Case Reports