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Latent cerebral artery stenoses on magnetic resonance angiography in a patient diagnosed as probable Alzheimer disease
Author(s) -
ISHIBASHI KENICHI,
TANAKA KUNIAKI,
NAKABAYASHI TETSUO,
NAKAMURA MOTOAKI,
UCHIYAMA MAKOTO,
OKAWA MASAKO
Publication year - 1998
Publication title -
psychiatry and clinical neurosciences
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.609
H-Index - 74
eISSN - 1440-1819
pISSN - 1323-1316
DOI - 10.1111/j.1440-1819.1998.tb00979.x
Subject(s) - dementia , magnetic resonance imaging , medicine , magnetic resonance angiography , single photon emission computed tomography , cardiology , angiography , radiology , disease
A 65‐year‐old woman with hypertension developed slowly progressive memory disturbance and disorientation. She was diagnosed as having Alzheimer‐type dementia according to clinical criteria. Later her cognitive deterioration was noted to fluctuate in parallel to her blood pressure. Magnetic resonance angiography and single photon emission computed tomography showed bilateral middle cerebral artery stenoses and middle cerebral artery watershed dominant hypoperfusion. It is postulated that the patient's cognitive disturbance may have originated from vascular lesions.