Excellent cognitive performance despite massive cerebral white matter changes.
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.
Duning
Thomas
T
Department of Neurology, University of Münster, Albert-Schweitzer-Strasse 33, 48129 Münster, Germany. duningt@uni-muenster.de
Kugel
Harald
H
Knecht
Stefan
S
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