Tumoral Presentation of Homonymous Hemianopia and Prosopagnosia in Cerebral Amyloid Angiopathy-Related Inflammation

Clotilde Hainline1, Janet C Rucker, David Zagzag

  • 1Departments of Neurology (CH, JCR, FAW, LJB, SLG), Pathology (DZ, BL), Neurosurgery (DZ, JGG), Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery (JGG), Radiology (YWL), Ophthalmology (FAW, LJB, SLG), and Population Health (LJB), NYU Langone Medical Center, NYU School of Medicine, New York, New York.

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