Dementia after DBS Surgery: A Case Report and Literature Review

I. Rektorova; Z. Hummelova; M. Balaz

doi:10.4061/2011/679283

Parkinson's Disease (Jan 2011)

Dementia after DBS Surgery: A Case Report and Literature Review

I. Rektorova,
Z. Hummelova,
M. Balaz

Affiliations

I. Rektorova: 1st Department of Neurology, St. Anne's University Hospital, Medical School of Masaryk University, Pekarska 53, 656 91 Brno, Czech Republic
Z. Hummelova: 1st Department of Neurology, St. Anne's University Hospital, Medical School of Masaryk University, Pekarska 53, 656 91 Brno, Czech Republic
M. Balaz: 1st Department of Neurology, St. Anne's University Hospital, Medical School of Masaryk University, Pekarska 53, 656 91 Brno, Czech Republic

DOI: https://doi.org/10.4061/2011/679283
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 2011

Abstract

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We report the case history of a 75-year-old woman with Parkinson's disease who developed severe cognitive problems after deep brain stimulation (DBS) of the bilateral subthalamic nuclei (STN). After a brief cognitive improvement, the patient gradually deteriorated until she developed full-blown dementia. We discuss the case with respect to the cognitive effects of STN DBS and the possible risk factors of dementia after STN DBS surgery.

Published in Parkinson's Disease

ISSN: 2090-8083 (Print); 2042-0080 (Online)
Publisher: Hindawi Limited
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Medicine: Internal medicine: Neurosciences. Biological psychiatry. Neuropsychiatry: Neurology. Diseases of the nervous system
Website: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/1618

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