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Rapidly reversible dementia.

Authors :
Bernstein, R
Dowd, C F
Gress, D R
Source :
Lancet. 2/1/2003, Vol. 361 Issue 9355, p392-392. 1p. 1 Black and White Photograph.
Publication Year :
2003

Abstract

Presents the case of a 69-year-old man with progressive cognitive dysfunction. Symptoms including pulsatile tinnitus, migraine with aura, blurred vision, and slurred speech; Abnormal pattern of flow voids in the region of the right transverse sinus showing on the brain magnetic resonance imaging; Angiography showing a dural arteriovenous fistula of the right transverse sinus and torcula, with occlusion of the right sigmoid sinus.

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Subjects :
*TREATMENT of dementia
*ARTERIOVENOUS fistula
*TINNITUS
*BLOOD-vessel abnormalities
*MIGRAINE
*MAGNETIC resonance imaging
*MEDICAL radiography
*DIAGNOSTIC imaging
*CEREBRAL angiography
*CARDIOVASCULAR system abnormalities
*DEMENTIA
*THERAPEUTIC embolization
*TREATMENT effectiveness
*DISEASE progression
*DISEASE complications
*THERAPEUTICS
MIGRAINE complications

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
01406736
Volume :
361
Issue :
9355
Database :
Academic Search Index
Journal :
Lancet
Publication Type :
Academic Journal
Accession number :
9017539
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(03)12394-X
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