Yu-Ning Chen, Chung-Wei Lee, Furen Xiao, Ya-Fang Chen, Tiffany Y Hu, Meng-Fai Kuo
OBJECTIVE: Cerebral proliferative angiopathy (CPA) is a rare disease, characterized by a large vascular nidus, diffuse angiogenesis, and intermingled normal brain tissue. Conservative treatment, endovascular intervention, indirect revascularization, and radiotherapy have been applied to treat this disease. However, some cases deteriorate even after non-conservative treatment, and there has been no standard of treatment for this disease so far. In order to build a better treatment strategy, we review literature, present our case and propose an algorithm for managing CPA...
August 10, 2022: World Neurosurgery