A reversible cause of 'vascular dementia'
- Resource Type
- Authors
- W. Wang; Volker Puetz; Mark E. Hudon; Timothy Watson; Alexandre Y Poppe
- Source
- Neurology. 71:226-226
- Subject
- Intracranial Arteriovenous Malformations
medicine.medical_specialty
Pathology
medicine.diagnostic_test
business.industry
Dementia, Vascular
Occipital bone
Progressive dementia
Arteriovenous malformation
Middle Aged
medicine.disease
Central nervous system disease
Degenerative disease
Angiography
Humans
Medicine
Vascular channel
Female
Neurology (clinical)
Radiology
business
Vascular dementia
- Language
- ISSN
- 1526-632X
0028-3878
A 63-year-old woman presented with progressive dementia over 2 years. Plain head CT demonstrated dilated parenchymal vessels and vascular channels in the left occipital bone (figure 1, A and B). Angiography confirmed a dural arteriovenous malformation (dAVM) centered on the left …