Subarachnoid hemosiderosis and superficial cortical hemosiderosis in cerebral amyloid angiopathy

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Contributors

  • Jennifer Linn - , Hospital of the Ludwig-Maximilians-University (LMU) Munich, Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich (Author)
  • J. Herms - , Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich (Author)
  • M. Dichgans - , Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich (Author)
  • H. Brückmann - , Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich (Author)
  • G. Fesl - , Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich (Author)
  • T. Freilinger - , Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich (Author)
  • M. Wiesmann - , Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich (Author)

Abstract

Cerebral amyloid angiopathy (CAA) is an important cause of intracerebral hemorrhage. Its definite diagnosis still requires histopathologic demonstration of vascular amyloid. Thus, further improvement of noninvasive imaging methods would be desirable. Here we present 3 patients with histologically proved CAA, in which superficial cortical hemosiderosis and subarachnoid hemosiderosis were present in T2*-weighted MR images. Thus, we propose that these 2 findings might be valuable as noninvasive diagnostic markers for CAA.

Details

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)184-186
Number of pages3
JournalAmerican journal of neuroradiology
Volume29
Issue number1
Publication statusPublished - Jan 2008
Peer-reviewedYes
Externally publishedYes

External IDs

PubMed 17947366