Cerebral Amyloid Angiopathy-Related Inflammation: A Single-Center Experience and a Literature Review.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Limited data exist regarding the prevalence of clinical, neuroimaging, and genetic markers among patients diagnosed with Cerebral Amyloid Angiopathy-related inflammation (CAA-ri). We sought to determine these characteristics in patients diagnosed in our center and to summarize available literature published either as single-case reports or small case series (<5 patients).

Methods

We reported our single-center experience of patients diagnosed with CAA-ri according to international criteria during a seven-year period (2015-2022), and we abstracted data from 90 previously published cases.

Results

Seven patients (43% women, mean age 70 ± 13 years) were diagnosed with CAA-ri in our center. The most common symptom at presentation was focal neurological dysfunc

SUBMITTER: Theodorou A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9692654 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature