Chapter 28 - Vascular Dementia

Question 0

What is the term for amyloid deposition in blood vessels

Answer 0

Cerebral amyloid angiopathy

Question 1

What is the disease in which ischemia affects the small peri ventricular regions but spares subcortical fibers?

Answer 1

Binswanger’s

Question 2

What is a disease in which there is arteriopathy of the cerebral small vessels resulting in diffuse white girls matter disease and lacunae infractions

Answer 2

CADASIL

Question 3

What are subcortical areas of ischemic necrosis of less than 15 mm diameter called?

Answer 3

Lacunae

Question 4

What is the occurrence of VaD secondary to the cumulative effect of recurrent subcortical lacunae infarction called?

Answer 4

Lacunae state

Question 5

What is nonspecific loss of density of subcortical white matter due to diffuse microvascular ischemia?

Answer 5

Leukoaraiosis

Question 6

What is synonymous with leukoaraiosis?

Answer 6

Peri ventricular white matter disease and white matter hyper intensities

Question 7

What is the name for a dementia resulting in the context of repeated large vessel strokes?

Answer 7

Multi-infarct dementia