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*Vascular disease: Territorial infarcts, lacunes, as well as leasions in thalamus or white matter | *Vascular disease: Territorial infarcts, lacunes, as well as leasions in thalamus or white matter | ||
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| + | [[File:CT of medial temporal lobe (MTA), posterior atrophy (PA) and frontal cortical atrophy (fGCA).png|thumb|600px|center|[[Computed tomography of the head|Brain CT]] with different grading systems of cerebral atrophy (seen as decreased size of gyri and secondary increased size of sulci):<ref>{{cite journal|last1=Velickaite|first1=V.|last2=Giedraitis|first2=V.|last3=Ström|first3=K.|last4=Alafuzoff|first4=I.|last5=Zetterberg|first5=H.|last6=Lannfelt|first6=L.|last7=Kilander|first7=L.|last8=Larsson|first8=E-M.|last9=Ingelsson|first9=M.|title=Cognitive function in very old men does not correlate to biomarkers of Alzheimer’s disease|journal=BMC Geriatrics|volume=17|issue=1|year=2017|issn=1471-2318|doi=10.1186/s12877-017-0601-6}} [http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License]</ref> | ||
| + | <br>- Medial temporal lobe atrophy (MTA) | ||
| + | <br>- Posterior atrophy (PA) | ||
| + | <br>- Frontal cortical atrophy (fGCA)]] | ||
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Revision as of 17:22, 26 September 2018
Author:
Mikael Häggström [notes 1]
Contents
Evaluation
Evaluation encompasses the absence of presence of the following:[1]
- Masses
- Hydrocephalus
- Vascular disease: Territorial infarcts, lacunes, as well as leasions in thalamus or white matter
- Focal atrophy, at least for the frontal and temporal lobe
Atrophy
Notes
- ↑ For a full list of contributors, see article history. Creators of images are attributed at the image description pages, seen by clicking on the images. See Radlines:Authorship for details.
References
- ↑ Unless else noted in the list, reference is: Andy Adam, Adrian K. Dixon, Jonathan H Gillard, Cornelia Schaefer-Prokop, Ronald G. Grainger, David J. Allison (2014). Grainger & Allison's Diagnostic Radiology (6, revised ed.). Elsevier Health Sciences. ISBN 9780702061288.
- ↑ Velickaite, V.; Giedraitis, V.; Ström, K.; Alafuzoff, I.; Zetterberg, H.; Lannfelt, L.; Kilander, L.; Larsson, E-M.; et al. (2017). "Cognitive function in very old men does not correlate to biomarkers of Alzheimer’s disease ". BMC Geriatrics 17 (1). doi:. ISSN 1471-2318. Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License
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