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Binswanger disease


  • subcortical atherosclerotic encephalopathy

    • atherosclerosis of penetrating vessels
    • older pts (>60) w/ HTN

    • periventricular + deep white matter lesions
      • a/w BG infarcts, atrophy

    • difficult to correlate CT with functional impairment

    see also:


    Charles E. Kahn, Jr., MD  -  2 February 1995
    Last updated:  1 September 2006


     

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  • Medical College of Wisconsin Copyright © 2006, Charles E. Kahn, Jr.
    Medical College of Wisconsin