Neuroimaging features in a case of developmental central auditory processing disorder.
We describe a case of developmental central auditory processing disorder (CAPD) that was diagnosed with a multidisciplinary approach including structural and functional neuroimaging. A patient with developmental CAPD was investigated using diagnostic tools of MRI and (18)F-FDG HRRT-PET as well as neuropsychology and electrophysiology. Besides impaired auditory processing, our patient also showed some impediments in supramodal, cognitive and linguistic processes. His MRI showed selective atrophy in the bilateral auditory cortices, and the PET images showed hypometabolism in the bilateral auditory cortices and the precuneus. Such a multidisciplinary diagnostic approach that includes neuroimaging methods will be helpful in differentiating developmental CAPD from other developmental cognitive disorders.
Kim
Min-Jeong
MJ
Department of Neurology, National Police Hospital, 58 Karak-Bon-Dong, Songpa-Gu, Seoul, 138-708, Republic of Korea.
Jeon
Hyeon-Ae
HA
Lee
Kyoung-Min
KM
Son
Young-Don
YD
Kim
Young-Bo
YB
Cho
Zang-Hee
ZH
D000328:Adult; D001301:Audiometry, Pure-Tone; D016057:Evoked Potentials, Auditory, Brain Stem; D006801:Humans; D007805:Language Development Disorders / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology*; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D009483:Neuropsychological Tests; D049268:Positron-Emission Tomography