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Most common cause of lobar hemorrhage in elderly age group ?

A
Hypeension
B
Vascular malformation
C
Coagulopathy
D
Amyloid angiopathy
High-Yield Explanation
Though hypeension is the most common cause of intracerebral hemorrhage, the usual site for it is putamen, thalamus, pons and cerebellum. But lobar hemorrhage in elderly is most commonly due to cerebral amyloid angiopathy, where there is amyloid deposition in the walls of cerebral aeries following aeriolar degeneration.

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