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ventriculomegaly

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ventriculomegaly [ven-trik″u-lo-meg´ah-le]
gross enlargement of a ventricle of the brain, as by hydrocephalus.


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Prenatal diagnosis of cri du chat (5p-) syndrome in association with isolated moderate bilateral ventriculomegaly.
There is also a decrease in the number of fiber tracts visualized in the standardized ROI of maximal FA in the genu of the internal capsule in NPH patients with severe gait disturbance when compared with NPH patients with a similar degree of ventriculomegaly and minimal gait symptoms as well as with patients with Alzheimer's disease (Figure 5).
Overall, the changes in the brain were consistent with a communicating hydrocephalus with marked periventricular and submeningeal parenchymal atrophy with secondary ventriculomegaly and expansion of the subarachnoid space.
 
 
 
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