Cerebral Proliferative Angiopathy in a Child, Five Years after an Intraventricular Hemorrhage and Negative Catheter Angiography

Uri Singfer; Edward Baert; Luc Defreyne

doi:10.5334/jbsr.3247

Cerebral Proliferative Angiopathy in a Child, Five Years after an Intraventricular Hemorrhage and Negative Catheter Angiography

J Belg Soc Radiol. 2023 Aug 3;107(1):55. doi: 10.5334/jbsr.3247. eCollection 2023.

Authors

Uri Singfer¹, Edward Baert², Luc Defreyne¹

Affiliations

¹ Department of Vascular and Interventional Radiology, Ghent University Hospital, BE.
² Department of Neurosurgery, Ghent University Hospital, BE.

Abstract

Cerebral proliferative angiopathy (CPA) is a rare cerebrovascular disease comprised of a diffuse network of blood vessels, often spread over several lobes. Due to the presence of normal brain tissue within the malformation, complete resection is not desirable. Several imaging characteristics help to distinguish CPA from brain arteriovenous malformations. We report the case of a patient diagnosed with CPA five years after a spontaneous intraventricular hemorrhage and an initial negative angiogram.

Teaching point: The radiologist should be able to differentiate CPA from brain AVM to prevent potentially harmful treatment.

Keywords: arteriovenous malformations; cerebrovascular diseases; hemorrhagic stroke; neuroradiology; pediatric/children.

Publication types

Case Reports