title: [Sonography of the cervical vessels. Value in the differential diagnosis of dementia syndromes].
abstract: Some dementias in the elderly are due to vascular diseases in particular arteriosclerosis of cerebral arteries. The question whether US examination of the extracranial cerebral supply vessels is a reliable means of recognizing this form of dementia has been investigated in patients with the clinical diagnosis of vascular dementia. Using direct/indirect Doppler and real-time techniques, we were able to detect pathological lesions in the extracranial supply vessels in only one-third of these patients. Thus, US examination of the vessels in the neck would appear to be of only limited differential diagnostic value.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Müller
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Schreiner
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Bayer
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D002341:Carotid Artery Thrombosis / Q000175:diagnosis*; D015161:Dementia, Multi-Infarct / Q000175:diagnosis*; D015140:Dementia, Vascular / Q000175:diagnosis*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D014463:Ultrasonography / Q000379:methods*
vernacular_title: Halsgefässsonographie. Stellenwert in der Differentialdiagnose dementieller Syndrome.