Focal dural arteriovenous fistula (DAVF) presenting with progressive cognitive impairment including amnesia and alexia

Internal Medicine

Volumn 46, Issue 16, 2007, Pages 1317-1320

  Hasumi, Takashi ^a   Fukushima, Takeshi ^a   Haisa, Toshihiko ^a   Yonemitsu, Tsutomu ^a   Waragai, Masaaki ^a  

^a JR Tokyo General Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

Alexia; Amnesia; Dural arteriovenous fistula (DAVF); Progressive cognitive impairment

Indexed keywords

CYSTEINE ETHYL ESTER TC 99M; GADOLINIUM PENTETATE;

AGED; ALEXIA; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; AMNESIA; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BRAIN ARTERIOVENOUS MALFORMATION; BRAIN SURGERY; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ENDOVASCULAR SURGERY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MEMORY DISORDER; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; ORIENTATION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; WORKING MEMORY;

AGED; AMNESIA; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM VASCULAR MALFORMATIONS; CEREBRAL ANGIOGRAPHY; COGNITION DISORDERS; DISEASE PROGRESSION; DYSLEXIA, ACQUIRED; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED, SINGLE-PHOTON;

EID: 34548420244     PISSN: 09182918     EISSN: 13497235     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2169/internalmedicine.46.0262     Document Type: Article

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