Medicolegal aspects of cerebral amyloid angiopathy. A case report

Am J Forensic Med Pathol. 1993 Dec;14(4):319-22. doi: 10.1097/00000433-199312000-00009.

Abstract

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.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • 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