Cerebral amyloid angiopathy presenting as a nonhemorrhagic, infiltrating mass.
We present a case of biopsy-proven cerebral amyloid angiopathy mimicking a unilateral, non-hemorrhagic, infiltrating, intra-axial mass on MRI. The patient was treated with steroids, with clinical improvement and significant resolution of the MRI abnormalities.
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Department of Radiology, West Virginia University, Robert C. Byrd Health Sciences Center, Morgantown 26506-9235, USA.
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D000368:Aged; D001921:Brain / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D016657:Cerebral Amyloid Angiopathy / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D002533:Cerebral Angiography; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed