Bilateral temporal extracerebral space widening belongs to a kind of diagnosis of head imaging examination, which is commonly seen in head MRI or cranial CT examination, and may be physiological or pathological.
1. Physiological factors: Bilateral temporal extracerebral space widening can be seen in children aged 0 to 2 years old who are in the developmental period, with the gradual improvement of brain tissue development, generally do not need special treatment, only need to continue to observe.
2. Pathological factors: commonly seen in localized lobar atrophy, hydrocephalus and dysplasia, etc. If the gap widening is combined with brain atrophy, it is necessary to undergo the screening of intelligence scale, so as to ascertain whether it is induced by organic diseases, such as Alzheimer’s disease, which is a kind of Alzheimer’s disease.
Patients with bilateral temporal extracerebral gap widening should seek medical advice.