title: Excellent cognitive performance despite massive cerebral white matter changes.
abstract: Marked cerebral white matter changes are a frequent finding in the daily routine of magnetic resonance imaging of elderly patients. These findings are often equated with a decrease of cognitive function. Here we present a case of massive white matter changes but excellent cognitive performance, to avoid the automatism of drawing conclusions on intellectual ability by just interpreting the imaging data of elderly patients.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurology, University of Münster, Albert-Schweitzer-Strasse 33, 48129 Münster, Germany. duningt@uni-muenster.de
authors.forename: Thomas
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Duning
authors.forename: Harald
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Kugel
authors.forename: Stefan
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Knecht
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D001927:Brain Diseases / Q000473:pathology* / Q000523:psychology; D003071:Cognition / Q000502:physiology*; D003072:Cognition Disorders / Q000473:pathology / Q000523:psychology; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D009483:Neuropsychological Tests; D012307:Risk Factors