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Structural imaging findings on non-enhanced computed tomography are severely underreported in the primary care
Claes Håkansson1,2, Gustav Torisson3,4, Elisabet Londos4,5
1Diagnostic Radiology, Institution for Clinical Sciences, Lund University, Lund, Sweden. claes.hakansson@med.lu.se.
Purpose:
The purpose of this study was to investigate how structural imaging findings of medial temporal lobe atrophy (MTA), posterior cortical atrophy (PCA), global cortical atrophy (GCA), white matter changes (WMC), and Evans' index/width of lateral ventricles (EI/WLV) are reported in the primary care diagnostic work-up of patients with subjective cognitive decline or mild cognitive impairment.
Methods:
We included 197 patients referred to a non-enhanced computed tomography (NECT) as part of the diagnostic work-up. We compared the frequencies of reported findings in radiology reports written by neuroradiologists and general radiologists with actual pathological findings in a second view done by a single neuroradiologist using the MTA, PCA, GCA, WMC, and EI/WLV visual rating scales. Structural findings were also compared to cognitive tests.
Results:
We found that MTA and PCA were clearly underreported by both neuroradiologists and general radiologists. The presence of GCA and WMC was also underreported among general radiologists. Only MTA showed a clear association with cognitive test results.
Conclusions:
We believe that the use of visual rating scales should be put into clinical practice to increase the yield of clinical NECT exams in the investigation of cognitive impairment. Special emphasis should be put on reporting MTA.
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