1. Improvement in cognitive function after right temporal arteriovenous malformation excision
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RJ McCarter, David Porter, and RP Baker
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Intracranial Arteriovenous Malformations ,Male ,medicine.medical_specialty ,Adolescent ,Neuropsychological Tests ,Performance IQ ,Visual memory ,Internal medicine ,medicine ,Humans ,Postoperative Period ,Neuropsychological assessment ,medicine.diagnostic_test ,Vascular disease ,business.industry ,Neuropsychology ,Arteriovenous malformation ,Cognition ,General Medicine ,medicine.disease ,Magnetic Resonance Imaging ,Surgery ,Cardiology ,Neurology (clinical) ,Congenital disease ,Cognition Disorders ,business - Abstract
A patient is presented in whom right temporal AVM excision led to improved cognitive function. Neuropsychological assessment showed a significant postoperative improvement in Performance IQ (p = < 0.05), Full Scale IQ (p = < 0.05), and clinically in visual memory (p = < 0.10). Reversal of vascular steal may lead to increases in cognitive function. We recommend that patients undergoing AVM excision have a complete neuropsychological evaluation.
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- 2004
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