Multiple spontaneous intracerebral hemorrhages in a patient with progressive systemic sclerosis.
A 64-year-old woman with a two-year history of diffuse scleroderma responsible for severe interstitial lung disease was admitted for recurrent loss of consciousness. Her treatment at the time consisted of a corticosteroid and monthly cyclophosphamide pulses. Computed tomography and magnetic resonance imaging of the brain revealed two hemorrhagic lesions in the left frontal and temporal lobes, respectively. Amyloidosis and/or vasculitis may have contributed to these lesions.
Division of Rheumatology, University of Patras School of Medicine, Patras Regional University Hospital, Greece.
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Andonopoulos
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Maraziotis
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Yarmenitis
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D000368:Aged; D000686:Amyloidosis / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology; D002543:Cerebral Hemorrhage / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006973:Hypertension / Q000150:complications; D012595:Scleroderma, Systemic / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology; D013346:Subarachnoid Space / Q000473:pathology; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014657:Vasculitis / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology