Multiple intracranial hemorrhages in a normotensive demented patient: A probable cerebral amyloid angiopathy

Cerebral amyloid angiopathy (CAA) is the most common cause of lobar intracerebral hemorrhage. Repeated bleeding may be presented with vascular dementia. We have reported a 68-year-old normotensive demented patient with probable CAA presented with hemiparesia, headache and vomiting. According to the...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Chitsaz, Ahmad, Norouzi, Rasul, Marashi, Seyed Mohammad Javad, Salimianfard, Marzieh, Fard, Salman Abbasi
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2012
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3523427/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23248664
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Sumario:Cerebral amyloid angiopathy (CAA) is the most common cause of lobar intracerebral hemorrhage. Repeated bleeding may be presented with vascular dementia. We have reported a 68-year-old normotensive demented patient with probable CAA presented with hemiparesia, headache and vomiting. According to the experience of this case, it is recommended to consider CAA for normotensive elderly patients presented with multiple and superficial intracerebral hemorrhage.

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