[Cerebral amyloid angiopathy presenting as a brain tumor: case report].
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.
Andrade
Gustavo Cardoso de
GC
Serviço de Neurocirurgia, Hospital Madre Teresa, Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil. gca@zipmail.com
Silveira
Roberto Leal
RL
Pinheiro
Nilson
N
Rocha
Eckstânio Marcos Melo
EM
Pittella
José Eymard Homem
JE
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