Large Spaces!Topic: AdultCreated on Saturday, November 8 2008 by rednucleus Last modified on Saturday, November 8 2008. You are reviewing the brain MRI of a 61-year-old man with vague personality changes and abnormal gait. You see dilated ventricular system and your intern thinks that this is compensatory to global brain atrophy. However, you have detected something that indicates this hydrocephalus is not due to brain atrophy. What have you seen?
A) Marked enlargement of choroidal-hippocampal fissures B) Normal temporal horns C) Concave 3rd ventricle D) Flow void in the aqueduct E) Mamillo-pontine distance of 2.1 cm
This question was last modified on November 08, 2008.
ANSWERS AND EXPLANATIONSA) Marked enlargement of choroidal-hippocampal fissures
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1. Victor, M., and Ropper, A.H. (2001). Adams and Victor's Principles of Neurology, 7th Edition. McGraw-Hill, New York. (ISBN:0070674973) | Advertising: |
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