In:
Practical Neurology, BMJ, Vol. 19, No. 6 ( 2019-12), p. 518-520
Kurzfassung:
A 78-year-old woman presented with features of bilateral, asymmetric Parkinsonism for 1 year, with prominent difficulties with continence, swallowing and apathy. Brain imaging showed evidence of chronic venous sinus thrombosis with dilated serpiginous vessels over the brain surface in keeping with a dural arteriovenous fistula, together with high T2 signal on MRI in the basal ganglia. Having responded only modestly to levodopa, she received 6 months of anticoagulation followed by embolisation of the dural arteriovenous fistula, with good response. Cerebral dural arteriovenous fistula is a rare, structural cause of atypical Parkinsonism.
Materialart:
Online-Ressource
ISSN:
1474-7758
,
1474-7766
DOI:
10.1136/practneurol-2019-002225
Sprache:
Englisch
Verlag:
BMJ
Publikationsdatum:
2019
ZDB Id:
2075532-6
