What does “Cerebral Cortical Atrophy” mean?
A search on Cerebral Cortical Atrophy provided not much info… I did see some mention of an aneurysm (which is a broken blood vessel in the brain. Some can be very big and fatal, others can be smaller and reabsorb in time depending on the size of the artery or vein) I am assuming and this is just from looking at the words, Cerebral Cortical means having to do with the cerebral cortex in the brain. Atrophy means a wasting away of the body or of an organ or part, as from defective nutrition or nerve damage. (can be severe or not very severe) I am assuming from what you have said, your brother is up and seems to be doing OK (thankfully!) I’m sure the doctors will keep an eye on him for awhile… About two years ago, my brother had a major seizure. He had never had one before. Come to find out he had a bleed in his brain, about the size of a quarter. We still don’t know what caused it. He has been taking anti-seizure medicine since then just so he doesn’t have any more seizures and becaus
