Medicolegal aspects of cerebral amyloid angiopathy. A case report

Autopsy examination performed on a 75-year-old woman who had been in a minor road traffic accident revealed an occipital lobar hematoma with subdural extension. Histological examination of brain tissue showed the presence of severe cerebral amyloid angiopathy. Diagnostic techniques and correlation a...

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Published inThe American journal of forensic medicine and pathology Vol. 14; no. 4; p. 319
Main Authors Dada, M A, Rutherfoord, G S
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published United States 01.12.1993
Subjects
Accidents, Traffic
Aged
Brain - pathology
Cause of Death
Cerebral Amyloid Angiopathy - complications
Cerebral Amyloid Angiopathy - pathology
Cerebral Hemorrhage - etiology
Cerebral Hemorrhage - mortality
Cerebrovascular Circulation
Diagnosis, Differential
Female
Hematoma - etiology
Hematoma - mortality
Hematoma, Subdural - etiology
Hematoma, Subdural - mortality
Humans
Occipital Lobe
Parietal Lobe
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Summary:Autopsy examination performed on a 75-year-old woman who had been in a minor road traffic accident revealed an occipital lobar hematoma with subdural extension. Histological examination of brain tissue showed the presence of severe cerebral amyloid angiopathy. Diagnostic techniques and correlation and interpretation of these findings are discussed.
ISSN:0195-7910
DOI:10.1097/00000433-199312000-00009