Pseudo-subarachnoid hemorrhage and cortical visual impairment as the presenting sign of gliomatosis cerebri.

نویسندگان

  • Geeta Belsare
  • Andrew G Lee
  • Joan Maley
  • Patricia Kirby
  • Erik K St Louis
  • Kenneth Follett
چکیده

A 49-year-old white male presented with a pseudo-subarachnoid hemorrhage and diffuse brain edema. Neuroimaging showed brain edema causing the unusual findings of a pseudo-subarachnoid hemorrhage and bilateral occipital lobe infarcts following herniation and compression of the posterior cerebral arteries. An enlarged corpus callosum was noted which led to a brain biopsy and a diagnosis of gliomatosis cerebri.

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عنوان ژورنال:
  • Seminars in ophthalmology

دوره 19 3-4  شماره 

صفحات  -

تاریخ انتشار 2004