PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Steven M. Greenberg
AU  - Seth P. Finklestein
AU  - Pamela W. Schaefer
TI  - Petechial hemorrhages accompanying lobar hemorrhage
AID  - 10.1212/WNL.46.6.1751
DP  - 1996 Jun 01
TA  - Neurology
PG  - 1751--1754
VI  - 46
IP  - 6
4099  - http://n.neurology.org/content/46/6/1751.short
4100  - http://n.neurology.org/content/46/6/1751.full
SO  - Neurology1996 Jun 01; 46
AB  - Based on the pathologic observation that severe cerebral amyloid angiopathy is often accompanied by multiple petechial hemorrhages, we prospectively obtained gradient-echo MRI on 15 elderly patients with lobar hemorrhage on CT. Nine of the 15 demonstrated accompanying petechial hemorrhages restricted to the cortical or corticosubcortical regions. No similar lesions were present on gradient-echo MRI in 10 elderly control patients. These findings suggest that cerebral amyloid angiopathy might be neuroradiologically diagnosed and staged during life. NEUROLOGY 1996;46: 1751-1754