%0 Journal Article
%T Zaburzenia funkcji poznawczych po usuni ciu oponiaka rynienki w chowej ¨C opis przypadku
%A Monika Talarowska
%A Krzysztof Zboralski
%A Dominika Berent
%A Piotr Ga£¿ecki
%J Neuropsychiatria i Neuropsychologia
%D 2010
%I Termedia Publishing House
%X Aim: The aim of the study is to describe and to comparethe types of cognitive impairments in the examinationof a patient before and after surgical treatment ofanterior cranial base meningioma. The authors introducethe little-known tool of cognitive assessment namedMontreal Cognitive Assessment (MoCA).Method: In the neuropsychological examination of thepatient several methods were used: The Bender VisualMotor Gestalt Test, Benton Visual Retention Test,Auditory Verbal Learning Test by  uria, Verbal FluencyTest, Trail Making Test A & B, Rey Complex FigureTest, and Montreal Cognitive Assessment (MoCA).Results: In the two-time neuropsychological examinationan improvement in cognitive functions was observed.The patient correctly performed the tasks whichestimated effectiveness of orientation in place and intime, effectiveness of visual-motor coordination, andlanguage abilities (naming, repeating sentences), andpart of the tasks which referred to the attention processes(subtraction in series, correct reaction to the letter ¡°A¡±).The patient had difficulties in indicating the time ¡°tenminutes after eleven¡± (planning, working memory,visual-motor coordination), and remaining tasks ¨C wordsand numbers (short-term memory, working memory,focusing the attention), verbal fluency and abstractthinking.Conclusions: 1. Surgical treatment of anterior cranialbase meningioma was connected with cognitive,emotional, social and occupational improvement.2. Montreal Cognitive Assessment is a useful tool toevaluate the cognitive functions among patients withfrontal lobe lesions.
%K anterior cranial base meningioma
%K frontal lobes
%K MoCA
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