For many forms of dementia, including Alzheimer's Disease, the gold standard for diagnosis of dementia has been, and continues to be, the Autopsy.
Despite advances in evaluation of organic brain diseases, many conditions can only be diagnosed with certainty at autopsy. Many new clinical and pathologic categories have been discovered in the last decade and distinguishing these different diseases and their symptoms can be challenging even to the best of clinicians. Therefore having a post mortem neurologic diagnosis is the final word in what disease your loved one had. This is important especially as some diseases have genetic and inheritable components.
Regional Pathology and Autopsy Services, LLC. offers nationwide post mortem neurologic diagnosis services. These services, also known as a brain-only autopsy, typically performed in the funeral home, are a crucial way to help understand your loved one's disease process and what it means for the rest of the family.
EXAMPLES OF COMMON CONDITIONS EVALUATED AT AUTOPSY:
-Alzheimers Disease, Parkinson's/Parkinsonism, Progressive Supranuclear Palsy, Huntington's Disease, Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (Lou Gehrig's Disease), Muscular Dystrophies, Stroke/CVA/TIA, Meningitis, Encephalitis, Neuromuscular Disorders, Cerebellar Degeneration, Pick's Disease, Traumatic Brain Injury, Frontotemporal Dementia, Encephalopathy, Dementias of unknown cause or type.
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