| Regression of dilated perivascular spaces of the brain. | |
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PMID: 19957183 Owner: NLM Status: MEDLINE |
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PURPOSE: Perivascular, or Virchow-Robin, spaces of the brain represent interstitial fluid-filled spaces continuous with subpial spaces, and not invagination of cerebrospinal fluid-filled subarachnoid spaces. Regression of a dilated, or even giant, perivascular space occurs rarely. The purpose of this paper is to describe magnetic resonance imaging evidence of complete regression of dilated perivascular spaces (dPVSs). METHODS: Patient 1 was a 76-year-old woman with right hemiparesis and aphasia from a left cranial vault meningioma infiltrating the superior sagittal sinus, and a left temporal lobe giant perivascular space. Patient 2 was a 70-year-old man with pituitary apoplexy, vasospasm, cerebral ischemia, and two dPVSs, one in the right temporal lobe, and one in the left anterior perforate substance. Patient 3 was a 78-year-old man with a generalized seizure, and a right temporal lobe dPVS. RESULTS: In all the patients, temporal lobe giant or dPVSs underwent regression, following meningioma subtotal resection (patient 1) or pituitary lesion shrinkage (patient 2), or spontaneously (patient 3). In patient 2, the left anterior perforate substance dPVS was unchanged. CONCLUSIONS: Temporal lobe giant or dPVSs may regress, eventually together with resection or regression of intracranial tumors, also distant from the PVSs. Cerebral edema does not seem the only factor influencing dilatation of PVSs. |
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Alfonso Cerase; Ignazio Maria Vallone; Carmine Franco Muccio; Carlo Petrini; Giorgio Signori; Carlo Venturi |
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Type: Journal Article Date: 2009-12-03 |
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Title: Surgical and radiologic anatomy : SRA Volume: 32 ISSN: 1279-8517 ISO Abbreviation: Surg Radiol Anat Publication Date: 2010 Jul |
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Created Date: 2010-07-05 Completed Date: 2010-10-19 Revised Date: 2012-04-27 |
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Nlm Unique ID: 8608029 Medline TA: Surg Radiol Anat Country: Germany |
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Languages: eng Pagination: 555-61 Citation Subset: IM |
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Unità Operativa Complessa di Neuroimmagini e Neurointerventistica, Dipartimento di Neuroscienze, Policlinico "Santa Maria alle Scotte", Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria Senese, Viale Mario Bracci, 16, 53100, Siena, Italy. alfonsocerase@aliceposta.it |
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Aged Brain / pathology* Cerebral Ventricles / pathology Cerebrospinal Fluid Contrast Media / diagnostic use Dilatation, Pathologic / pathology, radiography Female Humans Image Enhancement / methods Magnetic Resonance Imaging / methods* Male Sampling Studies Sensitivity and Specificity Subarachnoid Space / pathology* Tomography, X-Ray Computed / methods |
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Surg Radiol Anat. 2012 Apr;34(3):289-90
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