Granulomatous angiitis of the central nervous system. Autopsy Report
The medical history and post-mortem findings of a 29-year-old male who was admitted to the Neurology Department due to headache and bilateral amaurosis are reported. His evolution was torpid, with sustained headache, behavioral changes, visual hallucinations and psychomotor agitation. The patient di...
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| author | Isabel González Alemán Noel Ernesto Pedraza Alonso |
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| description | The medical history and post-mortem findings of a 29-year-old male who was admitted to the Neurology Department due to headache and bilateral amaurosis are reported. His evolution was torpid, with sustained headache, behavioral changes, visual hallucinations and psychomotor agitation. The patient died at 18 days of hospital stay. At necropsy, it was found a granulomatous angiitis of the central nervous system with extensive hemorrhagic infarcts in the bilateral temporo-occipital lobes and the brainstem associated with severe cerebral edema. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-4479d8b7868847d185d381ab5d4963fd2022-12-22T02:43:25ZspaEditorial Ciencias MédicasActa Médica del Centro2709-79272012-07-01635257712Granulomatous angiitis of the central nervous system. Autopsy ReportIsabel González Alemán0Noel Ernesto Pedraza Alonso1Hospital Clínico Quirúrgico “Arnaldo Milián Castro”, Santa Clara, Villa Clara, CubaHospital Clínico Quirúrgico “Arnaldo Milián Castro”, Santa Clara, Villa Clara, CubaThe medical history and post-mortem findings of a 29-year-old male who was admitted to the Neurology Department due to headache and bilateral amaurosis are reported. His evolution was torpid, with sustained headache, behavioral changes, visual hallucinations and psychomotor agitation. The patient died at 18 days of hospital stay. At necropsy, it was found a granulomatous angiitis of the central nervous system with extensive hemorrhagic infarcts in the bilateral temporo-occipital lobes and the brainstem associated with severe cerebral edema.http://www.revactamedicacentro.sld.cu/index.php/amc/article/view/744vasculitis del sistema nervioso centralautopsia |
| spellingShingle | Isabel González Alemán Noel Ernesto Pedraza Alonso Granulomatous angiitis of the central nervous system. Autopsy Report Acta Médica del Centro vasculitis del sistema nervioso central autopsia |
| title | Granulomatous angiitis of the central nervous system. Autopsy Report |
| title_full | Granulomatous angiitis of the central nervous system. Autopsy Report |
| title_fullStr | Granulomatous angiitis of the central nervous system. Autopsy Report |
| title_full_unstemmed | Granulomatous angiitis of the central nervous system. Autopsy Report |
| title_short | Granulomatous angiitis of the central nervous system. Autopsy Report |
| title_sort | granulomatous angiitis of the central nervous system autopsy report |
| topic | vasculitis del sistema nervioso central autopsia |
| url | http://www.revactamedicacentro.sld.cu/index.php/amc/article/view/744 |
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