Ventricular dilation on CAT scans of patients with anorexia nervosa.
Computerized tomographic brain scans of five patients with anorexia nervosa showed significantly more dilation of the third and lateral ventricles than in control subjects. Measurements of lean body mass suggest that these findings are secondary to the anorexic patients' protein malnutrition.
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000856:Anorexia Nervosa / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D001824:Body Constitution; D001921:Brain / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D002552:Cerebral Ventricles / Q000473:pathology*; D004108:Dilatation, Pathologic / Q000473:pathology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011488:Protein Deficiency / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed