A 73-year-old woman presented with multifocal cerebral dysfunction of 1 month's duration. Cranial CT scanning revealed unusual widespread abnormalities. Brain biopsy showed amyloid angiopathy affecting vessels in the meninges and cerebral cortex, with associated granulomatous angiitis. There was no
A case of granulomatous angiitis of the central nervous system associated with amyloid angiopathy
β Scribed by M. Shintaku; K. Osawa; J. Toki; R. Maeda; T. Nishiyama
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag
- Year
- 1986
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 693 KB
- Volume
- 70
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0001-6322
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