Neuropsychological features of dementia due to dural arteriovenous malformation.
We report two patients aged 65 and 61 years, who presented a subacute dementia with normal CT scan without contrast injection. Angiography showed a dural arteriovenous malformation. The patients improved dramatically with treatment of the malformation. Dementia was characterised by frontal dysfunction, emotional disorders, amnesic and praxic impairment. This neuropsychological pattern suggests a profile of global dementia in the field of vascular dementia.
Jaillard
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Stroke Unit, INSERM U 438, Department of Clinical and Biological Neurosciences, Grenoble, France. Assia.Jaillard@ujf-grenoble.fr
Peres
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Hommel
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D001921:Brain / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D002533:Cerebral Angiography; D015140:Dementia, Vascular / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000503:physiopathology* / Q000523:psychology*; D004388:Dura Mater / Q000098:blood supply*; D006801:Humans; D002538:Intracranial Arteriovenous Malformations / Q000523:psychology*; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009483:Neuropsychological Tests; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed