RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Petechial hemorrhages accompanying lobar hemorrhage
JF Neurology
JO Neurology
FD Lippincott Williams & Wilkins
SP 1751
OP 1754
DO 10.1212/WNL.46.6.1751
VO 46
IS 6
A1 Steven M. Greenberg
A1 Seth P. Finklestein
A1 Pamela W. Schaefer
YR 1996
UL http://n.neurology.org/content/46/6/1751.abstract
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