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ArticleRadiology case reports2018

Dilated Virchow-Robin space and Parkinson's disease: A case report of combined MRI and diffusion tensor imaging.

Renata Conforti, Angela Sardaro, Alberto Negro, Giuseppina Caiazzo, Antonella Paccone, Rosita De Micco, Sossio Cirillo, Alessandro Tessitore

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Article in Radiology case reports, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers.

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8citing papers in PubMed
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

8 citing papers in PubMed, 11 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Renata ConfortiUniversità degli Studi della Campania Luigi Vanvitelli, Section of Neuroradiology, viale Colli Aminei 21, Napoli 80131, Italy.
Angela SardaroUniversità degli Studi della Campania Luigi Vanvitelli, piazza Miraglia 2, Napoli 80138, Italy.
Alberto NegroUniversità degli Studi della Campania Luigi Vanvitelli, Section of Neuroradiology, viale Colli Aminei 21, Napoli 80131, Italy.
Giuseppina CaiazzoMRI Research Center SUN-FISM, Università degli Studi della Campania Luigi Vanvitelli, piazza Miraglia 2, Napoli 80138, Italy.
Antonella PacconeMRI Research Center SUN-FISM, Università degli Studi della Campania Luigi Vanvitelli, piazza Miraglia 2, Napoli 80138, Italy.
Rosita De MiccoUniversità degli Studi della Campania Luigi Vanvitelli, Dipartimento di Scienze Mediche, Chirurgiche, Neurologiche, Metaboliche e dell'Invecchiamento, piazza Miraglia 2, Napoli 80138, Italy.
Sossio CirilloUniversità degli Studi della Campania Luigi Vanvitelli, Section of Neuroradiology, viale Colli Aminei 21, Napoli 80131, Italy.
Alessandro TessitoreUniversità degli Studi della Campania Luigi Vanvitelli, Dipartimento di Scienze Mediche, Chirurgiche, Neurologiche, Metaboliche e dell'Invecchiamento, piazza Miraglia 2, Napoli 80138, Italy.
University of Campania "Luigi Vanvitelli" · IT

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

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.

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Diffusion tensor imaging (DTI)Dilated Virchow-Robin spacesMagnetic resonance imaging (MRI)Parkinson's disease

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PMID29988793
PMCPMC6031236
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