Dural Arteriovenous Fistula Manifested as Rapid Progressive Dementia Successfully Treated by Endovascular Embolization Only.
10.5469/neuroint.2017.12.1.50
- Author:
Heewon HWANG
1
;
Yun Kyung LA
;
Min Seok BAEK
;
Kyoungwon BAIK
;
Sang Hyun SUH
;
Won Joo KIM
Author Information
1. Department of Neurology, Gangnam Severance Hospital, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea. kzoo@yuhs.ac
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords:
Dural arteriovenous fistula;
Dementia;
Therapeutic embolization
- MeSH:
Adult;
Arteries;
Brain;
Central Nervous System Vascular Malformations*;
Cerebral Angiography;
Colon, Sigmoid;
Dementia*;
Embolization, Therapeutic;
Humans;
Infarction;
Magnetic Resonance Imaging;
Male;
Memory, Episodic;
Memory, Long-Term;
Meningeal Arteries
- From:Neurointervention
2017;12(1):50-53
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:English
-
Abstract:
A 43-year-old male presented with daytime sleepiness at work and indifferent behavior like never before. Two weeks prior to hospital admission, he had episodic memory loss with well preserved remote memory. Brain MRI showed a dural arteriovenous fistula (DAVF) in the right lateral transverse sinus with a bilateral thalamic venous infarction. Cerebral angiography confirmed a right transverse sigmoid dural arteriovenous fistula with a feeding artery of the right occipital artery and left posterior meningeal artery. The DAVF was completely eliminated through multiple endovascular interventions. Recently, endovascular treatment has become one of the main therapeutic options to obliterate a fistulous site, which has led to a rapid diagnostic approach and management of DAVFs with high curative rates. We report a rare case of posterior fossa located at a dural arteriovenous fistula that caused rapid progressive dementia and was successfully eliminated through only endovascular treatment.
