Amyloid-ß related angiopathy: a case report

A 68-year-old man with a history of progressive headache, intermittent periods of disorientation and slight personality change for several weeks presented with an acute onset of aphasic speech disturbances and a latent hemiparesis on the right side. His medical history was remarkable for hypertension, atrial fibrillation and clipping of an aneurysm of the anterior communicating artery three years previously. Upon admission, the speech disturbances and the hemiparesis appeared to be regressive. Magnetic resonance imaging demonstrated hyperintense subcortical signal-changes of the left frontal lobe in the T2-weigh…