C. Uggetti et al., Subcortical dementia associated with striking enlargement of the Virchow-Robin spaces and transneural degeneration of the left mammillo-thalamic tract, CEREB DIS, 12(4), 2001, pp. 287-290
We report a case of subcortical dementia in a 68-year-old woman. MR examina
tion of the patient's brain revealed two types of alterations as a possible
cause of the dementia, both anomalous in respect of their entity and incid
ence: the first was a striking enlargement of the Virchow-Robin spaces, and
the second an anterograde transneural degeneration of the left mammillo-th
alamic tract and mammillary body secondary to a lacunar infarction of the i
psilateral anterior thalamus. Copyright (C) 2001 S. Karger AG, Basel.