[Transient ischemic attack in amyloid angiopathy]

Rev Neurol (Paris). 1988;144(10):598-602.
[Article in French]

Abstract

Two cases of cerebral amyloid angiopathy with transient ischemic attacks are reported. Both patients died of cerebral hemorrhage. Transient ischemic attacks seem to having been due to the cerebral angiopathy a disease in which small infarcts are frequently mentioned at post-mortem examination. However only 6 other cases of transient ischemic attacks with cerebral amyloid angiopathy have yet been reported.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • English Abstract
  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Amyloidosis / complications*
  • Amyloidosis / diagnosis
  • Cerebral Arterial Diseases / complications*
  • Cerebral Arterial Diseases / diagnosis
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Ischemic Attack, Transient / etiology*
  • Prognosis