Definition of periventricular in English:
periventricular
nounˌpɛrɪvɛnˈtrɪkjʊləˌperəvenˈtrikyələr
Anatomy Medicine Situated or occurring around a ventricle, especially a ventricle of the brain.
Example sentencesExamples
- Grossly, calcium deposits are found characteristically in a periventricular location.
- This new pressure distends the ventricles, stretching surrounding nerve fibers and compressing the periventricular parenchyma.
- Perfusion to the periventricular region actually may increase following shunt surgery.
- Lesions may be single or multiple, discrete or diffusely infiltrative, and are often deep-seated and periventricular.
- There was diffuse, abnormal signal intensity within the periventricular white matter, consistent with post radiation changes.