Multiple Recurrent Cerebral Hemorrhages Related to Cerebral Amyloid Angiopathy with Arterial Hypertension.
- Author:
Jae Hyun JUNG
1
;
Dong Ah SHIN
;
Tae Sik GONG
;
Chang Young KWON
Author Information
1. Department of Neurosurgery, Presbyterian Medical Center, Jeonju, Korea. cistern@hanmail.net
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords:
Cerebral amyloid angiopathy;
Recurrent cerebral hemorrhages
- MeSH:
Amyloid;
Amyloid beta-Peptides;
Arteries;
Biopsy;
Brain;
Cerebral Amyloid Angiopathy*;
Cerebral Cortex;
Cerebral Hemorrhage*;
Humans;
Hypertension*;
Middle Aged;
Recurrence
- From:Journal of Korean Neurosurgical Society
2006;39(6):447-450
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:English
-
Abstract:
Cerebral amyloid angiopathy(CAA) is characterized by the deposition of amyloid beta-protein in the walls of small to medium-sized arteries of the leptomeninges and cerebral cortex. While often asymptomatic, CAA can develop into intracerebral hemorrhage facilitated by arterial hypertension. We report the case of a 52-year-old man with CAA and arterial hypertension who developed recurrent cerebral hemorrhages on three different occasions and in multiple non-overlapping loci over a period of nine years. Based on our findings, we recommend brain biopsies for all patients undergoing evacuation of multiple recurrence or atypical pattern intracerebral hemorrhages.
