Transient aphasia and reversible major depression due to a giant sagittal sinus dural AV fistula. uri icon

Overview

abstract

  • A 61-year-old man presenting with transient global aphasia and chronic major depression was found to have a giant high flow dural arteriovenous fistula of the superior sagittal sinus. EEG and SPECT scan showed left frontoparietal dysfunction. This resolved after fistula embolization, as did the patient's neuropsychiatric complaints.

publication date

  • August 26, 2003

Research

keywords

  • Aphasia
  • Central Nervous System Vascular Malformations
  • Cranial Sinuses
  • Depressive Disorder, Major
  • Dura Mater

Identity

Scopus Document Identifier

  • 0041429581

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

  • 10.1212/01.wnl.0000079461.56675.b4

PubMed ID

  • 12939439

Additional Document Info

volume

  • 61

issue

  • 4