TY - JOUR AU - Gatto, Luana Antunes Maranha; Brisson, Rodrigo Tavares; Demartini, Zeferino, Jr; Koppe, Gelson; Rocha, Carlos, Jr TI - Cerebral Proliferative Angiopathy: Case Report TT - Angiopatia cerebral proliferativa: relato de caso SN - 0103-5355 SN - 2359-5922 PY - 2018 JF - Arquivos Brasileiros de Neurocirurgia: Brazilian Neurosurgery LA - EN VL - 37 IS - 02 SP - 131 EP - 133 ET - 2018/04/17 DA - 2018/07/24 KW - intracranial arteriovenous malformations KW - central nervous system vascular malformations KW - therapeutic embolization KW - endovascular procedures AB - Proliferative angiopathy (PA) is a rare cerebral vascular disease in which anomalous vessels continually recruit additional feeder arteries, amid a functional brain parenchyma. We report the case of a young woman with progressive history of headache, motor deficit, seizures and drowsiness. She received a misdiagnosis of brain arteriovenous malformation (AVM) and evolved with dysarthria and cognitive decline after an unsuccessful embolization performed at another institution. We opted for conservative treatment with periodic control by imaging tests. Proliferative angiopathy differs in natural history, prognosis, histopathology and treatment of the usual AVMs. Endovascular procedures aggravate the neurological deficits, which are usually progressive and tend to worsen over time. PB - Thieme Revinter Publicações Ltda DO - 10.1055/s-0038-1642604 UR - http://www.thieme-connect.com/products/ejournals/abstract/10.1055/s-0038-1642604 ER -