Is There any Difference in Corpus Callosum Heights between Healthy Adults and Diabetic patients? A Retrospective MR Study
Keywords:
corpus callosum, craniocaudal dimensions, diabetes mellitus.Abstract
Before the age of 71, corpus callosum height reduction may contribute to a cognitive decline in patients with diabetes mellitus. After 71, both age and diabetes mellitus have an effect on the heights of the corpus part of the corpus callosum. So after this age, cognitive decline may be even more pronounced.
As its integrity is essential for cognitive performances it is surprising that there are no adequate studies in terms of the corpus callosum changes in diabetic patients. According to the analysis in our study, disease status has a high effect on the corpus, genu and splenium heights of the corpus callosum. This study needs to be followed with a new study that investigates cognitive performance changes with corpus callosum height reduction in patients with diabetes mellitus.
As its integrity is essential for cognitive performances, it is surprising that there are no adequate studies in terms of the corpus callosum changes in diabetic patients. Consequently, the aim of this paper is to show how corpus callosum craniocaudal dimensions are changed by diabetes mellitus.
The study was designed as a retrospective investigation. The study group included 50 patients who had suffered from diabetes mellitus for at least 10 years and were admitted for brain magnetic resonance imaging between the years 2011 and 2014 suffering from headaches. From cranial MR images the craniocaudal
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