WIDESPREAD DILATATION OF PERIVASCULAR SPACES - A LEUKOENCEPHALOPATHY CAUSING DEMENTIA

Authors
VITAL C JULIEN J
Citation
C. Vital et J. Julien, WIDESPREAD DILATATION OF PERIVASCULAR SPACES - A LEUKOENCEPHALOPATHY CAUSING DEMENTIA, Neurology, 48(5), 1997, pp. 1310-1313
Citations number
17
Categorie Soggetti
Clinical Neurology
Journal title
Neurology → ACNP
ISSN journal
00283878
Volume
48
Issue
5
Year of publication
1997
Pages
1310 - 1313
Database
ISI
SICI code
0028-3878(1997)48:5<1310:WDOPS->2.0.ZU;2-V
Abstract
A 68-year-old demented woman had widespread dilatation of perivascular spaces in the cerebral white matter for at least 12 years. There were no micro-infarcts, but some vessel walls in the white matter were thi ckened by a loose fibrosis. Our case does not correspond to Binswanger 's disease or any other known vascular leukoencephalopathy. The longst anding evolution points to a nonfamilial leukoencephalopathy of probab le vascular origin.