Do white matter changes on MRI and CT differentiate vascular dementia from Alzheimer's disease?

T Erkinjuntti; L Ketonen; R Sulkava; J Sipponen; M Vuorialho; M Iivanainen

doi:10.1136/jnnp.50.1.37

Do white matter changes on MRI and CT differentiate vascular dementia from Alzheimer's disease?

J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry. 1987 Jan;50(1):37-42. doi: 10.1136/jnnp.50.1.37.

Authors

T Erkinjuntti, L Ketonen, R Sulkava, J Sipponen, M Vuorialho, M Iivanainen

Abstract

MRI showed white matter changes in all 29 patients with vascular dementia and in eight out of 22 patients with Alzheimer's disease. The corresponding figures for CT were 26 and 1, respectively. White matter changes are therefore a useful diagnostic aid in the differential diagnosis between vascular dementia and Alzheimer's disease.

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Aged
Aged, 80 and over
Alzheimer Disease / diagnosis*
Alzheimer Disease / diagnostic imaging
Cerebral Cortex / diagnostic imaging
Cerebral Cortex / pathology
Cerebral Infarction / diagnosis
Cerebral Infarction / diagnostic imaging
Dementia / diagnosis*
Dementia / diagnostic imaging
Diagnosis, Differential
Female
Humans
Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy*
Male
Middle Aged
Tomography, X-Ray Computed*