Case Report | |||||
Dementia and Neurocognitive Disorders 2008: 7: 2: 68-71 | |||||
경동맥 스텐트 삽입술에 의해 회복을 보인 관류저하성 치매 | |||||
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김성관∙이수윤∙강명진*∙박경원 | |||||
동아대학교 의과대학 신경과학교실 영상의학과교실* |
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A Case of Hypoperfusion Dementia Recovered by Carotid Stenting | |||||
Sung Kwan Kim, M.D., Soo Yoon Lee, M.D., Myung Jin Kang, M.D.*, Kyung Won Park, M.D. | |||||
Departments of Neurology and Radiology*, College of Medicine, Dong-A University, Busan, Korea | |||||
Cortical hypoperfusion is related to cognitive and neuropsychiatric symptoms and signs. It is suggested that disruption of the frontal-subcortical circuit or perfusion deficits by remote vascular stenosis may play an important role in patients with vascular dementia. We report a case of acute hypoperfusion dementia that showed improvement of cognitive impairment and hemodynamic recovery after stent insertion. Extensive perfusion deficits caused by carotid artery stenosis with secondary hypometabolism in the hemispheric region may be a cause of reversible vascular dementia syndrome. | |||||
Key Words: Vascular dementia, Carotid artery stenosis, Hypoperfusion | |||||