Cerebral ventricular enlargement. Chronic alcoholics examined by computerized tomography
J. H. Fox, R. G. Ramsey, M. S. Huckman and A. E. Proske
Computerized tomography was used to measure cerebral ventricular size in
hospitalized alcoholic patients, all of whom had evidence of liver disease.
Twelve alcoholic patients with neurologic symptoms such as withdrawal
seizures, neuropathy, and drug overdose were included. All these patients
had normal results from the mental status examinations by the time of
discharge. Alcoholic patients had a much higher mean ventricular size
compared to 60 control patients. One third of the alcoholics had markedly
enlarged ventricles as opposed to only one of the 60 controls.
