title: Value of computerized tomography scanning in syndromes associated with mental retardation: preliminary report.
abstract: The application of CT scanning in the evaluation of mental retardation syndromes is reviewed. In a representative sample of 35 institutionalized patients, the CT scan showed gross anatomic abnormality in most. However, these findings were diagnostic in only a small minority. Implications of this are discussed. In addition, the potential role of CT in the diagnosis of intercurrent diseases in the mentally retarded is considered.
mesh_terms: D001927:Brain Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D002552:Cerebral Ventricles; D014695:Cerebral Ventriculography; D006801:Humans; D006984:Hypertrophy; D008607:Intellectual Disability / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000209:etiology; D013577:Syndrome; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed