Background: Anaplastic astrocytoma (AA) is rarely observed in the brainstem and the clinical symptoms and imaging manifestations vary, which present a great challenge to accurate clinical diagnosis.
Case Description: A 56-year-old woman, with a month-long history of nausea and vomiting, was first diagnosed with acute cerebral infarction and demyelinating disease. The patient showed negative results on enhanced magnetic resonance and F-fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography-computed tomography, and the clinical symptoms were not typical, leading to early misdiagnosis.
World Neurosurg
February 2020
Background: Cerebral venous sinus thrombosis (CVST) is always confused with dural arteriovenous fistula (DAVF) in clinical practice; however, both of them are very rare cerebral vascular diseases. In this report, we provide one case of DAVF combined with CVST.
Case Description: A 75-year-old woman complained of headache with nausea and vomiting for 4 days.