Dilated perivascular spaces (PVS): clinical associations
Written and reviewed by Dr Ibrahim Imam, Consultant Neurologist. Last reviewed .
Dilated perivascular spaces (PVS): clinical associations. They are seen in healthy people and with older age. Fully referenced neurology checklist.
Physiological associations
- They are seen in healthy people and with older age
- These are especially around the anterior commissure and the vertex
Vascular associations
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Cognitive associations
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Neuroinflammatory associations
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Other neurological associations
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Systemic associations
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Acronyms
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References
- Sankararaman S, Velayuthan S, Ambekar S, Gonzalez-Toledo E. Giant tumefactive perivascular spaces: a further case. J Pediatr Neurosci 2013; 8:108-110.
- Groeschel S, Chong WK, Surtees R, Hanefeld F. Virchow-Robin spaces on magnetic resonance images: normative data, their dilatation, and a review of the literature. Neuroradiology 2006; 48:745-754.
- Francis F, Ballerini L, Wardlaw JM. Perivascular spaces and their associations with risk factors, clinical disorders and neuroimaging features: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Int J Stroke 2019; 14:359-371.
- Maclullich AM, Wardlaw JM, Ferguson KJ, Starr JM, Seckl JR, Deary IJ. Enlarged perivascular spaces are associated with cognitive function in healthy elderly men. JNNP 2004; 75:1519-1523.
- van Veluw SJ, Biessels GJ, Bouvy WH, et al. Cerebral amyloid angiopathy severity is linked to dilation of juxtacortical perivascular spaces. J Cereb Blood Flow Metab 2016; 36:576-580.
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