Pseudo-subarachnoid hemorrhage and cortical visual impairment as the presenting sign of gliomatosis cerebri.
A 49-year-old white male presented with a pseudo-subarachnoid hemorrhage and diffuse brain edema. Neuroimaging showed brain edema causing the unusual findings of a pseudo-subarachnoid hemorrhage and bilateral occipital lobe infarcts following herniation and compression of the posterior cerebral arteries. An enlarged corpus callosum was noted which led to a brain biopsy and a diagnosis of gliomatosis cerebri.
Belsare
Geeta
G
Department of Ophthalmology, University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics, Iowa City, Iowa 52242, USA.
Lee
Andrew G
AG
Maley
Joan
J
Kirby
Patricia
P
St Louis
Erik K
EK
Follett
Kenneth
K
D001707:Biopsy, Needle; D001929:Brain Edema / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology; D001932:Brain Neoplasms / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D018302:Neoplasms, Neuroepithelial / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis*; D013345:Subarachnoid Hemorrhage / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014786:Vision Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology; D014793:Visual Cortex / Q000473:pathology*