Multiple intracranial hemorrhages in a normotensive demented patient: A probable cerebral amyloid angiopathy

• Main Authors: Ahmad Chitsaz, Rasul Norouzi, Seyed Mohammad Javad Marashi, Marzieh Salimianfard, Salman Abbasi Fard
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2012-01-01
• Series: Journal of Research in Medical Sciences
• Subjects: Cerebral Amyloid Angiopathy; Intra Cerebral Hemorrhage; Dementia.
• Online Access: http://www.jmsjournal.net/article.asp?issn=1735-1995;year=2012;volume=17;issue=1;spage=101;epage=103;aulast=Chitsaz
• ISSN: 1735-1995; 1735-7136

Cerebral amyloid angiopathy (CAA) is the most common cause of lobar intracerebral hemorrhage. Repeated bleeding may be presented with vascular dementia. We have reported a 68-year-old normotensive demented patient with proba-ble CAA presented with hemiparesia, headache and vomiting. According to the experience of this case, it is recom-mended to consider CAA for normotensive elderly patients presented with multiple and superficial intracerebral he-morrhage.