title: CT changes in dementing diseases: a review.
abstract: The present review describes the primary CT features of a variety of dementing disorders. An understanding of the differential neuropathologic and CT changes occurring in dementing illnesses can greatly increase the diagnostic utility of CT. CT is valuable not only in diagnosing space-occupying lesions but also in recognizing numerous degenerative brain diseases.
mesh_terms: D001927:Brain Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D001928:Brain Diseases, Metabolic / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D002561:Cerebrovascular Disorders / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D006259:Craniocerebral Trauma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D003704:Dementia / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed