Tumoral Presentation of Homonymous Hemianopia and Prosopagnosia in Cerebral Amyloid Angiopathy-Related Inflammation

J Neuroophthalmol. 2017 Mar;37(1):48-52. doi: 10.1097/WNO.0000000000000474.

Abstract

While cerebral amyloid angiopathy is a common cause of lobar hemorrhage, rarely it may be associated with an inflammatory response, thought to be incited by amyloid deposits. We report a 73-year-old woman with an extensive cancer history who presented with tumor-like lesions and symptoms of homonymous hemianopia and prosopagnosia. Found to have cerebral amyloid angiopathy-related inflammation proven by brain biopsy, she was treated successfully with immunosuppression.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adenocarcinoma / complications*
  • Adenocarcinoma / diagnosis
  • Adenocarcinoma of Lung
  • Aged
  • Biopsy
  • Cerebral Amyloid Angiopathy / complications*
  • Cerebral Amyloid Angiopathy / diagnosis
  • Female
  • Hemianopsia / diagnosis
  • Hemianopsia / etiology*
  • Humans
  • Lung Neoplasms / complications*
  • Lung Neoplasms / diagnosis
  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging
  • Positron-Emission Tomography
  • Prosopagnosia / diagnosis
  • Prosopagnosia / etiology*
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed