| Autor: |
Renata Conforti, Assistant Professor, Angela Sardaro, Medical Director, Alberto Negro, Medical Director, Giuseppina Caiazzo, Biomedical engineer researcher, Antonella Paccone, Medical radiology technician, Rosita De Micco, Sossio Cirillo, Ordinary Professor, Alessandro Tessitore, Associate Professor |
| Jazyk: |
angličtina |
| Rok vydání: |
2018 |
| Předmět: |
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| Zdroj: |
Radiology Case Reports, Vol 13, Iss 4, Pp 871-877 (2018) |
| Druh dokumentu: |
article |
| ISSN: |
1930-0433 |
| DOI: |
10.1016/j.radcr.2018.05.011 |
| Popis: |
In this manuscript we report the case of a 69-year-old female patient, who suffers from Parkinson's disease (PD) with a dilated Virchow-Robin space (dVRS) on the left anterior perforated substance.During a magnetic resonance imaging examination, the presence of a dVRS was discovered on the left anterior perforated substance.Subsequently, the patient has been subjected to further investigation of magnetic resonance imaging and diffusion tensor imaging (DTI). The DTI data of our PD patient showed increased peak frequency of left fractional anisotropy and decreases in the distribution of Mean Diffusivity(MD) with changes in the fiber density compared to the normal contralateral tract.We hypothesize that the DTI changes are due to dVRS.In the text a review of the recent literature on the presence of dVRSs, located in mono and bilateral seat, in patients with PD is reported, explaining its possible implications on disease progression, cognitive decline, and worsening of symptoms. Keywords: Dilated Virchow-Robin spaces, Parkinson's disease, Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), Diffusion tensor imaging (DTI) |
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