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Virchow-Robin space Anat.|f-, ˈvɜːkəʊ ˈrɒbæ̃|
[Named after R. L. K. Virchow (1821–1902), German pathologist, and C. P. Robin (1821–85), French histologist.]
An extension of the subarachnoid space surrounding a blood vessel for a short distance as it enters the brain or the spinal cord.
1890A. Hill tr. Obersteiner's Anat. Central Nervous Organs iii. 137 Between the adventitia and the muscularis a considerable space is seen in all isolated arteries, the adventitial lymph-space (Virchow-Robin space). 1976Path. Ann. XI. 298 (caption) Cryptococcosis involving a Virchow-Robin space in the cerebral cortex. |