Case report: a giant arachnoid cyst masking Alzheimer’s disease

Case report: a giant arachnoid cyst masking Alzheimer’s disease

Abstract Background Intracranial arachnoid cysts are usually benign congenital findings of neuroimaging modalities, sometimes however, leading to focal neurological and psychiatric comorbidities. Whether primarily clinically silent cysts may become causally involved in cognitive decline in old age i...

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Main Authors: Anna-Sophia Wahl, Martin Löffler, Lucrezia Hausner, Michaela Ruttorf, Frauke Nees, Lutz Frölich
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2019-09-01
Series:BMC Psychiatry
Subjects:
Arachnoid cysts
Cognitive decline
Alzheimer’s disease
Functional neuro-imaging
Neural plasticity
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12888-019-2247-8

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