Huntington's disease CT

Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]

Overview

CT Head

computerized tomography(CT) can show atrophy of the caudate nuclei early in the disease, as seen in the illustration, but these changes are not diagnostic of HD. Cerebral atrophy can be seen in the advanced stages of the disease.

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