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What does diffuse cerebral cortical atrophy mean?
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Shrinkage of brain: Atrophy of brain occurs to a small extent as all of us age, but accelerates with dementia, especially alzheimer's disease. Brain atrophy can be a bad prognostic sign in multiple sclerosis, as it correlates with disability. Atrophy can be caused by other disorders, and is usually a finding of concern.
Answered 1/24/2019
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It depends: It could be just age related or it could mean presence of alzheimer's disease.
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