Spontaneous cerebral haemorrhage from cerebral amyloid angiopathy.
Three cases of spontaneous intracerebral haemorrhage treated by acute evacuation of haematoma are described. All cases proved to have cerebral amyloid angiopathy as the primary cause of the haemorrhage. Only one patient survived. Previous reports are discussed.
Murshid
W R
WR
Department of Surgery, King Khalid University Hospital, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
Nelson
R J
RJ
Love
S
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D000368:Aged; D016229:Amyloid beta-Peptides / Q000032:analysis; D016657:Cerebral Amyloid Angiopathy / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D002536:Cerebral Arteries / Q000473:pathology; D002543:Cerebral Hemorrhage / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D003399:Craniotomy; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007124:Immunoenzyme Techniques; D009460:Neurologic Examination; D013345:Subarachnoid Hemorrhage / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed
D016229:Amyloid beta-Peptides