[Radiology and geriatrics: limits between normal values and pathology exemplified by conventional thoracic roentgen image, cerebral CT and MRI and pelvic-leg angiography].
Radiological examinations and intervention in the elderly are a matter of routine but require special consideration by technical and medical staff because of specific problems caused by the morbidity of the patient. Aging and degenerative processes of the organism have to be included in the interpretation of the findings. Discriminating pathological from age-related alterations is occasionally difficult. This paper demonstrates senile pulmonary emphysema, physiological brain atrophy and arterial angiosclerosis as typical examples for age involution. Age-related changes are compared with similar pathological findings. Clinical symptoms of the patient are decisive for the interpretation and classification of images as well as the subsequent therapeutical procedure.
Osterheider
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Institut für Radiologie, der Medizinischen Universität zu Lübeck.
D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D000792:Angiography; D001921:Brain / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D007511:Ischemia / Q000175:diagnosis*; D007866:Leg / Q000098:blood supply*; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D011656:Pulmonary Emphysema / Q000175:diagnosis*; D012016:Reference Values; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed