title: Enlarged Virchow-Robin spaces along the medullary perforators in a child with seizures.
abstract: Enlarged Virchow-Robin spaces along the medullary perforators on brain magnetic resonance images (MRIs) of a 4-year-old, neurologically intact child with seizures are described. The differential diagnosis of cystic spaces in the centrum semiovale is discussed. The sparse MRI literature on bright signal intensities in childhood is reviewed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatrics, University of Iowa College of Medicine and Hospitals, Iowa City 52242, USA.
authors.forename: A K
authors.initials: AK
authors.lastname: Afifi
mesh_terms: D001158:Arteries / Q000473:pathology; D001927:Brain Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis; D002196:Capillaries / Q000473:pathology; D002540:Cerebral Cortex / Q000473:pathology; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003560:Cysts / Q000175:diagnosis; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004830:Epilepsy, Tonic-Clonic / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D008526:Medulla Oblongata / Q000098:blood supply*; D013346:Subarachnoid Space / Q000473:pathology