title: [Cerebral amyloid angiopathy presenting as a brain tumor: case report].
abstract: We describe the unusual case of a 45-year-old male patient harboring an intracranial mass due to cerebral amyloid angiopathy whose clinical and radiological features were those of a low grade glioma. Biopsy revealed cerebral amyloid angiopathy. The clinical, radiological and pathological findings are discussed as we review the available literature.
authors.affiliation: Serviço de Neurocirurgia, Hospital Madre Teresa, Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil. gca@zipmail.com
authors.forename: Gustavo Cardoso de
authors.initials: GC
authors.lastname: Andrade
authors.forename: Roberto Leal
authors.initials: RL
authors.lastname: Silveira
authors.forename: Nilson
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Pinheiro
authors.forename: Eckstânio Marcos Melo
authors.initials: EM
authors.lastname: Rocha
authors.forename: José Eymard Homem
authors.initials: JE
authors.lastname: Pittella
mesh_terms: D001932:Brain Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D016657:Cerebral Amyloid Angiopathy / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005910:Glioma / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011184:Postoperative Period