Tumefactive cerebral amyloid angiopathy mimicking CNS neoplasm

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 200, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 50-56

  Kotsenas, Amy L ^a   Morris, Jonathan M ^a   Wald, John T ^a   Parisi, Joseph E ^a   Campeau, Norbert G ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

Cerebral amyloid angiopathy; CNS; Microhemorrhage; Neoplasm; Superficial hemosiderosis; Susceptibility MRI sequences

Indexed keywords

AMYLOID BETA PROTEIN; STEROID;

ADULT; AGED; AMYLOID BETA RELATED ANGIITIS; ARTICLE; BRAIN BIOPSY; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; BRAIN TUMOR; BRAIN VASCULITIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CRANIOTOMY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FRONTAL LOBE; HUMAN; LEPTOMENINX; MALE; NEUROIMAGING; OCCIPITAL LOBE; PARIETAL LOBE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; STEREOTACTIC BIOPSY; SUSCEPTIBILITY WEIGHTED IMAGING; TEMPORAL LOBE; VASCULAR AMYLOIDOSIS; WHITE MATTER;

AGED; BIOPSY; BRAIN; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; CEREBRAL AMYLOID ANGIOPATHY; CEREBRAL HEMORRHAGE; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 84871893148     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: 15463141     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/AJR.12.8500     Document Type: Article

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