Break it down into less intimidating portions:
Frontal cortical- front half of the brain
Sylvan fissures- these particular "wrinkles" in the brain seperates the frontal and temporal lobes
Effectively the front portion of the brain is wasting away and there is an uneveness in the brain in the area that seperates the front and back portions.
Best of luck for you and yours. That's a fairly rough Dx.
There is no treatment for cortical atrophy of the brain; just support and nursing care.
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Mild frontoparietal cortical atrophy is a condition characterized by shrinking of the frontal and parietal lobes of the brain. This can lead to symptoms such as difficulty with memory, problem-solving, and other cognitive functions. It is often associated with aging or neurodegenerative disorders.
Alzheimer's disease.
It means a loss of neurons and the connections between them in the brain. Atrophy means loss of cells
AnswerCortical (brain-related) atrophy means wasting away and decrease in size of gray matter of brain. Diffuse means the wasting is generalizedGeneralized anxiety disorder, not confined to one particular area. Age related may mean the result of aging (over 55-60).
Severe cortical atrophy is also known as dementia. The symptoms of dementia are a progressive impairment of memory and intellectual function that is severe enough to interfere with the activities of daily living.
It's a sign of (severe) cerebral atrophy. It's being seen on CT or/and MRI scans of the brain. Generalized sulcal prominence diffusely is consistent with diffuse brain atrophy.
Cerebral atrophy is the loss of neurons from the brain and the connections between them. It can be widespread leading to shrinkage of the whole brain or focal at one point. It can occur due to several reasons: age, Alzheimer's disease, cerebral palsy, multiple sclerosis, Huntington's disease, ...etc.When the brain tissue shrinks.
'Atrophy' just means a reduction in size, due to disuse or disease. The cerebral cortex is the grey-matter (outer layer) of the brain that contains the neural cell bodies; as opposed to the white-matter which contains myelinated axons coursing away from each cell body. 'Ischaemia' refers to oxygen starvation in the brain (e.g. from stroke). Cortical atrophy due to ischaemia is therefore a reduction in the grey-matter volume due to lack of oxygen, followed by axonal pruning.
He suffers from a from of Alzheimer's called "posterior cortical atrophy". It is a rare form, and unlike usual Alzheimer's, it does not deteriorate memory and such but rather affects the vision. IE. The patient can speak and remember fine, but has difficulty writing or reading.