Sebastian Sanchez, Linder Wendt, Minako Hayakawa, Ching-Jen Chen, Jason P Sheehan, Louis J Kim, Isaac Josh Abecassis, Michael R Levitt, R Michael Meyer, Ridhima Guniganti, Akash P Kansagra, Giuseppe Lanzino, Enrico Giordan, Waleed Brinjikji, Diederik O Bulters, Andrew Durnford, W Christopher Fox, Jessica Smith, Adam J Polifka, Bradley Gross, Sepideh Amin-Hanjani, Ali Alaraj, Amanda Kwasnicki, Robert M Starke, Stephanie H Chen, J Marc C van Dijk, Adriaan R E Potgieser, Junichiro Satomi, Yoshiteru Tada, Ryan Phelps, Adib Abla, Ethan Winkler, Rose Du, Pui Man Rosalind Lai, Santiago Ortega-Gutierrez, Gregory J Zipfel, Colin Derdeyn, Edgar A Samaniego
BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: Anecdotal cases of rapidly progressing dementia in patients with dural arteriovenous fistulas (dAVFs) have been reported in small series. However, large series have not characterized these dAVFs. We conducted an analysis of the largest cohort of dAVFs presenting with cognitive impairment (dAVFs-CI), aiming to provide a detailed characterization of this subset of dAVFs. METHODS: Patients with dAVFs-CI were analyzed from the CONDOR Consortium, a multicenter repository comprising 1077 dAVFs...
December 14, 2023: Neurosurgery