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A [[Computed axial tomography|CT scan]] is commonly performed, although this modality (as is noted below) may not have optimal sensitivity for the diffuse metabolic changes associated with dementia in a patient who shows no gross neurological problems (such as paralysis or weakness) on neurological exam. CT may suggest [[normal pressure hydrocephalus]], a potentially reversible cause of dementia, and can yield information relevant to other types of dementia, such as infarction ([[stroke]]) that would point at a vascular type of dementia. | A [[Computed axial tomography|CT scan]] is commonly performed, although this modality (as is noted below) may not have optimal sensitivity for the diffuse metabolic changes associated with dementia in a patient who shows no gross neurological problems (such as paralysis or weakness) on neurological exam. CT may suggest [[normal pressure hydrocephalus]], a potentially reversible cause of dementia, and can yield information relevant to other types of dementia, such as infarction ([[stroke]]) that would point at a vascular type of dementia. | ||
Revision as of 16:06, 26 April 2013
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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]
Overview
A CT scan is commonly performed, although this modality (as is noted below) may not have optimal sensitivity for the diffuse metabolic changes associated with dementia in a patient who shows no gross neurological problems (such as paralysis or weakness) on neurological exam. CT may suggest normal pressure hydrocephalus, a potentially reversible cause of dementia, and can yield information relevant to other types of dementia, such as infarction (stroke) that would point at a vascular type of dementia.