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

C Uggetti; M G Egitto; A Pichiecchio; E Sinforiani; M S Bevilacqua; A Cavallini; G Micieli

doi:10.1159/000047722

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

Cerebrovasc Dis. 2001;12(4):287-90. doi: 10.1159/000047722.

Authors

C Uggetti¹, M G Egitto, A Pichiecchio, E Sinforiani, M S Bevilacqua, A Cavallini, G Micieli

Affiliation

¹ Department of Neuroradiology, Neurological Institute Fondazione C. Mondino, Pavia, Italy. uggetti@mondino.it

PMID: 11721096
DOI: 10.1159/000047722

Abstract

We report a case of subcortical dementia in a 68-year-old woman. MR examination 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 incidence: the first was a striking enlargement of the Virchow-Robin spaces, and the second an anterograde transneural degeneration of the left mammillo-thalamic tract and mammillary body secondary to a lacunar infarction of the ipsilateral anterior thalamus.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Aged
Anterior Thalamic Nuclei / pathology*
Dementia, Vascular / pathology*
Female
Humans
Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Mammillary Bodies / pathology*
Nerve Degeneration / pathology*