Subcortical dementia associated with striking enlargement of the Virchow-Robin spaces and transneural degeneration of the left mammillo-thalamic tract

Citation
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
Citations number
21
Categorie Soggetti
Neurology,"Neurosciences & Behavoir
Journal title
CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASES
ISSN journal
10159770 → ACNP
Volume
12
Issue
4
Year of publication
2001
Pages
287 - 290
Database
ISI
SICI code
1015-9770(2001)12:4<287:SDAWSE>2.0.ZU;2-#
Abstract
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.