The course of brain atrophy in Parkinson's disease
- 1 January 1979
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Springer Nature in Archiv Fur Psychiatrie Und Nervenkrankheiten
- Vol. 227 (1) , 89-95
- https://doi.org/10.1007/bf00585681
Abstract
In 110 parkinsonian patients (53 men, 57 women) aged 38–81 years, computer-tomographic follow-up investigations were done to assess the development of brain atrophy. The control examinations were done after an average of 28 months. At that time an increase in brain atrophic changes of different localization could be observed in 23% of the patients. In addition, it could be demonstrated that the increase in pathologic CT findings is to be observed especially in patients with higher age, a more marked impairment in psycho-organic capacity, more pronounced handicaps in the fine-motorial performances at the beginning of the study. From the neuroradiological point of view, patients with more marked pathologic CT findings upon the first examination, be these ventricular enlargement and/or cortical atrophy, more often showed a progression of brain atrophy. Bei 110 Parkinson-Kranken (53 Männer, 57 Frauen) im Alter von 38–81 Jahren wurden computertomographische Verlaufsuntersuchungen zur Entwicklung der Hirnatrophic durchgeführt. Die Kontrolluntersuchung erfolgte nach durchschnittlich 28 Monaten. Zu diesem Zeitpunkt konnte bei 23% der Kranken eine Zunahme hirnatrophischer Veränderungen unterschiedlicher Lokalisation festgestellt werden. Darüber hinaus zeigte sich, daß von dieser Zunahme die Kranken betroffen waren, die im Beginn der Studie älter waren, eine stärkere psychoorganische Alteration aufwiesen und auch in den feinmotorischen Leistungen stärker behindert waren. Aus neuroradiologischer Sicht sind es die Kranken, die bereits bei der Erstuntersuchung stärkere CT-Veränderungen, gekennzeichnet durch Ventrikelerweiterung und/oder kortikale Atrophie, aufwiesen.Keywords
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