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[[Scarlet_fever_1.2.jpg|thumb|"Slapped cheeks" and "white mustache" (circumoral pallor) typical of scarlet fever.]]
|+Typical imaging findings in normal pressure hydrocephalus versus brain atrophy.<ref> Ishii M, Kawamata T, Akiguchi I, Yagi H, Watanabe Y, Watanabe T, Mashimo H (March 2010). "Parkinsonian Symptomatology May Correlate with CT Findings before and after Shunting in Idiopathic Normal Pressure Hydrocephalus". Parkinson's Disease. 2010: 1–7. doi:10.4061/2010/201089. PMC 2951141. PMID 20948890.</ref>
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! Normal pressure hydrocephalus !! Brain atrophy
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| Preferable projection ||colspan=2| Coronal plane at the level of the posterior commissure of the brain.
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| Modality in this example || CT || MRI
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| CSF spaces over the convexity near the vertex (red ellipse) || Narrowed convexity ("tight convexity") as well as medial cisterns || Widened vertex (red arrow) and medial cisterns (green arrow)
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| Callosal angle (blue V) || Acute angle || Obtuse angle
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| Most likely cause of leucoaraiosis (periventricular signal alterations, blue arrows)
| Transependymal [[cerebrospinal fluid]] diapedesis
| Vascular encephalopathy, in this case suggested by unilateral occurrence
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