What Does This CT Scan Report Indicate?
Dementia is not diagnosed from scans or imaging
Detailed Answer:
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You mother has been showing sign of increasing dementia and a recent CT scan showed general atrophy. This is a very common thing that happens to all of us as we get older and is not indicative of dementia. The amyloid plaques seen in alzheimer's is a microscopic diagnosis and not something we see on scans. The reason for the scans is to rule out other causes of dementia like normal pressure hydrocephalus or tumors. The actual diagnosis of alzheimer's is made clinically and then after all other tests are negative. In all likelihood your mother may have alzheimer's or at her age more like age related dementia.
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