SUSACS SYNDROME - NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL CHARACTERISTICS IN A YOUNG MAN

Authors
BALLARD E BUTZER JF DONDERS J
Citation
E. Ballard et al., SUSACS SYNDROME - NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL CHARACTERISTICS IN A YOUNG MAN, Neurology, 47(1), 1996, pp. 266-268
Citations number
10
Categorie Soggetti
Clinical Neurology
Journal title
Neurology → ACNP
ISSN journal
00283878
Volume
47
Issue
1
Year of publication
1996
Pages
266 - 268
Database
ISI
SICI code
0028-3878(1996)47:1<266:SS-NCI>2.0.ZU;2-G
Abstract
A 29-year-old man developed vertigo, diplopia, confusion, and spastici ty. Brain biopsy revealed multifocal microinfarcts. Bilateral hearing loss and retinal microangiopathy were also noted. Deficits were stable 2 years after onset. Repeated neuropsychological testing was suggesti ve of diffuse cerebral dysfunction, with likely prominent involvement of reciprocal diencephalic-cortical projections.