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Giant Virchow-Robin Spaces as an Incidental finding in a Patient with Parkinsonism.
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Archives of Iranian Medicine (AIM) . Aug2014, Vol. 17 Issue 8, p587-588. 2p. - Publication Year :
- 2014
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Abstract
- Virchow-Robin spaces are perivascular spaces that surround small arteries and arterioles as they enter the brain parenchyma. They are usually normal findings on MRI of healthy people. Rarely, Virchow-Robin spaces look strikingly enlarged, causing mass effect and unusual cystic conformations that may be misinterpreted as other pathologic processes, such as a cystic neoplasm. Here, we describe a 52-year-old woman in whom brain magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), performed to evaluate Parkinsonism, incidentally found giant Virchow-Robins space or Swiss cheese brain syndrome. In our patient, it seems that the giant Virchow-Robin spaces have been found incidentally and are not associated with the patient's Parkinsonism symptoms. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 10292977
- Volume :
- 17
- Issue :
- 8
- Database :
- Academic Search Index
- Journal :
- Archives of Iranian Medicine (AIM)
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 97269976