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. 2024 Sep 17;108(1):81.
doi: 10.5334/jbsr.3733. eCollection 2024.

Mega Virchow-Robin

Leonor De Almeida Moreira Cameira de Abreu  1 , Sophia Chkili  1 , Denis Tack  1
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Mega Virchow-Robin

Leonor De Almeida Moreira Cameira de Abreu et al. J Belg Soc Radiol. .

Abstract

Teaching point: Perivascular spaces, also known as Virchow-Robin spaces, are fluid-filled spaces that surround the vessel walls from the subarachnoid space through the brain parenchyma.

Keywords: magnetic resonance imaging; perivascular spaces.

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The authors have no competing interests to declare.

Figures

MRI showing High signal in T2 weighted sequence
Figure 1
High signal in T2 weighted sequence.
MRI showing low signal in T1
Figure 2
Low signal in T1.
MRI showing T2 fluid-attenuated inversion recovery
Figure 3
T2 fluid-attenuated inversion recovery.
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References

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