Treatment of dural arteriovenous fistula presenting as typical symptoms of hydrocephalus caused by venous congestion: Case report

Neurologia Medico-Chirurgica

Volumn 51, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 229-232

  Nakahara, Yukiko ^a,b   Ogata, Atsushi ^a   Takase, Yukinori ^b   Maeda, Kenji ^a   Okamoto, Hiroaki ^a   Matsushima, Toshio ^b   Sakata, Shuji ^a  

^a Saga Prefectural Hospital Koseikan   (Japan)

^b SAGA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Dementia; Dural arteriovenous fistula; Hydrocephalus; Leukoencephalopathy; Venous hypertension

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL EMBOLISM; BRAIN ANGIOGRAPHY; BRAIN VENTRICLE DILATATION; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID PRESSURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DEMENTIA; DURAL ARTERIOVENOUS FISTULA; FEMALE; GAIT DISORDER; HUMAN; LUMBAR PUNCTURE; NORMOTENSIVE HYDROCEPHALUS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; SUPERIOR SAGITTAL SINUS; URINE INCONTINENCE; VENOUS CONGESTION; WHITE MATTER;

AGED; ARTERIOVENOUS FISTULA; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM VASCULAR MALFORMATIONS; CEREBRAL ANGIOGRAPHY; CRANIAL SINUSES; DEMENTIA; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; EMBOLIZATION, THERAPEUTIC; FEMALE; GAIT DISORDERS, NEUROLOGIC; HUMANS; HYDROCEPHALUS, NORMAL PRESSURE; RECURRENCE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URINARY INCONTINENCE; VENOUS PRESSURE;

EID: 79953720257     PISSN: 04708105     EISSN: 13498029     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2176/nmc.51.229     Document Type: Article

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