Hello Dr. Rynne,. I had a CT of my head because of a fall. I m 68 yo. It was normal, however my question is that it said mild periventricular patchy low-attenuation is nonspecific,but the type typically ascribed to microvascular ischaemic change in a pt. of this age . What does that mean? Thank you
with advancing age, very tiny blood vessels in our brain are occluded and they therefore lead to tiny foci of ischemia which is non significant. on mri these changes are represented by periventricular patchy low-attenuation areas.
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with advancing age, very tiny blood vessels in our brain are occluded and they therefore lead to tiny foci of ischemia which is non significant. on mri these changes are represented by periventricular patchy low-attenuation areas.