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ArticleBMC neurology2019

A large number of cerebral microbleeds in CADASIL patients presenting with recurrent seizures: a case report.

Chumpol Anamnart, Dittapong Songsaeng, Sirisak Chanprasert

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Article in BMC neurology, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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3 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Chumpol AnamnartDivision of Neurology, Department of Medicine, Prapokklao Hospital, Faculty of Medicine, Chulalongkorn University, 38 Leab Noen Rd, Tambon Wat Mai, Mueang District, Chantaburi Province, 22000, Thailand. chumpolan@gmail.com.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8676-5327
Dittapong SongsaengDepartment of Radiology, Siriraj Hospital, Faculty of Medicine, Mahidol University, 2 Prannok Rd, Bangkoknoi, Bangkok, 10700, Thailand.
Sirisak ChanprasertDivision of Medical Genetics, Department of Medicine, University of Washington, 1959 NE Pacific St, Seattle, WA, 981957720, USA.
Chulalongkorn University · THSiriraj Hospital · THUniversity of Washington Medical Center · US

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundCerebral autosomal dominant arteriopathy with subcortical infarcts and leukoencephalopathy (CADASIL) is a hereditary arteriopathy associated with the NOTCH3 gene. Clinical manifestations include strokes, transient ischaemic events, psychiatric disturbances, dementia, and migraines. We report a case of a Thai man with a severe CADASIL phenotype who presented with recurrent seizures and acute ischaemic stroke and classic vascular risk factors. CASE PRESENTATION: A 50-year-old man with a history of mood disorder and progressive cognitive decline for 20 years as well as well-controlled diabetes mellitus and hypertension presented with recurrent generalized seizures and acute right-sided weakness. An MRI of the brain showed acute infarction of the left pons, a large number of cerebral microbleeds throughout the brain and white matter abnormalities without classic anterior temporal lobe lesions. Molecular genetic testing identified a homozygous pathologic variant, c.1672C > T (p. Arg558Cys), in the NOTCH3 gene. The diagnosis of CADASIL was confirmed. His clinical symptoms deteriorated, and he died of tracheobronchitis with secretion obstruction.

conclusionThis case raises awareness of an uncommon cause of acute ischaemic stroke in patients with classic vascular risk factors and emphasizes the need for a complete evaluation in cases with unexpected clinical presentation or unexpected diagnostic study results.

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CADASILCerebral HemorrhageHumansMagnetic Resonance ImagingMaleMiddle AgedReceptor, Notch3SeizuresStrokeThailandNOTCH3 protein, humanReceptor, Notch3CADASILCase reportCerebral microbleedsHomozygous p. Arg558CysNOTCH3 gene

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