PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Anna Randall
AU  - Richard James Booth Ellis
AU  - Brython Hywel
AU  - Christopher Andrew McCoy
AU  - Rhys Davies
AU  - Paul Richard Eldridge
AU  - Mani Putharan
AU  - Mark Radon
AU  - Sundus Alusi
TI  - DURAL AVF CAUSING A TREATABLE CJD LIKE COGNITIVE DYSFUNCTION
AID  - 10.1136/jnnp-2015-312379.45
DP  - 2015 Nov 01
TA  - Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery & Psychiatry
PG  - e4--e4
VI  - 86
IP  - 11
4099  - http://jnnp.bmj.com/content/86/11/e4.135.short
4100  - http://jnnp.bmj.com/content/86/11/e4.135.full
SO  - J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry2015 Nov 01; 86
AB  - A 67-year-old woman presented with a seven-month history of progressive psychiatric disturbance and sub-acute cognitive decline mimicking Creuztfeldt-Jakob Disease.She presented initially to Psychiatry with worsening anxiety, depression, lassitude, impaired concentration and insomnia. She was given a diagnosis of agitated depression.She subsequently experienced episodes of disorientation, indecision and inability to complete routine, learned tasks as well as visual hallucinations. Initial investigations for causes of subacute dementia were unremarkable including a non-diagnostic MRI. However, five months into her presentation, there was further rapid deterioration with fluctuating consciousness and deteriorating mobility. She became bedbound, incontinent and cortically blind. She had right hemiparesis, hemineglect, extrapyramidal features, and extensor plantars.A 4D computerised tomography angiogram demonstrated a dural arteriovenous (AV) fistula with retrograde filling of superior sagittal sinus and cortical venous congestion. She underwent emergency Onyx embolisation. Over a few weeks, there was gradual improvement in her anxiety, cognition and mobility. She had a mild residual right hemiparesis.Intracranial dural AV fistulae can present with a spectrum of neurological symptoms, including cognitive decline. A lowhigh index of suspicion combined with close liaison between Neuroradiology, Neurology and Neurosurgery ensures prompt diagnosis and maximises the potential for cognitive recovery.