Widespread dilatation of perivascular spaces: a leukoencephalopathy causing dementia.
case_report · Level V
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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 thickened by a loose fibrosis. Our case does not correspond to Binswanger's disease or any other known vascular leukoencephalopathy. The longstanding evolution points to a nonfamilial leukoencephalopathy of probable vascular origin.
Medical subject headings
- Brain Diseases
- Dementia