Deprecated: Implicit conversion from float 211.6 to int loses precision in C:\Inetpub\vhosts\kidney.de\httpdocs\pget.php on line 534
Deprecated: Implicit conversion from float 211.6 to int loses precision in C:\Inetpub\vhosts\kidney.de\httpdocs\pget.php on line 534
Deprecated: Implicit conversion from float 211.6 to int loses precision in C:\Inetpub\vhosts\kidney.de\httpdocs\pget.php on line 534
Deprecated: Implicit conversion from float 211.6 to int loses precision in C:\Inetpub\vhosts\kidney.de\httpdocs\pget.php on line 534
Deprecated: Implicit conversion from float 211.6 to int loses precision in C:\Inetpub\vhosts\kidney.de\httpdocs\pget.php on line 534
Deprecated: Implicit conversion from float 211.6 to int loses precision in C:\Inetpub\vhosts\kidney.de\httpdocs\pget.php on line 534
Deprecated: Implicit conversion from float 211.6 to int loses precision in C:\Inetpub\vhosts\kidney.de\httpdocs\pget.php on line 534
Deprecated: Implicit conversion from float 245.2 to int loses precision in C:\Inetpub\vhosts\kidney.de\httpdocs\pget.php on line 534
Deprecated: Implicit conversion from float 245.2 to int loses precision in C:\Inetpub\vhosts\kidney.de\httpdocs\pget.php on line 534
Deprecated: Implicit conversion from float 245.2 to int loses precision in C:\Inetpub\vhosts\kidney.de\httpdocs\pget.php on line 534
Deprecated: Implicit conversion from float 245.2 to int loses precision in C:\Inetpub\vhosts\kidney.de\httpdocs\pget.php on line 534
Deprecated: Implicit conversion from float 278.79999999999995 to int loses precision in C:\Inetpub\vhosts\kidney.de\httpdocs\pget.php on line 534
Deprecated: Implicit conversion from float 278.79999999999995 to int loses precision in C:\Inetpub\vhosts\kidney.de\httpdocs\pget.php on line 534
Deprecated: Implicit conversion from float 278.79999999999995 to int loses precision in C:\Inetpub\vhosts\kidney.de\httpdocs\pget.php on line 534
Deprecated: Implicit conversion from float 278.79999999999995 to int loses precision in C:\Inetpub\vhosts\kidney.de\httpdocs\pget.php on line 534
Warning: imagejpeg(C:\Inetpub\vhosts\kidney.de\httpdocs\phplern\27196463
.jpg): Failed to open stream: No such file or directory in C:\Inetpub\vhosts\kidney.de\httpdocs\pget.php on line 117 Medicine+(Baltimore)
2016 ; 95
(20
): e3613
Nephropedia Template TP
gab.com Text
Twit Text FOAVip
Twit Text #
English Wikipedia
Imaging Findings of Cerebral Amyloid Angiopathy, A?-Related Angiitis (ABRA), and
Cerebral Amyloid Angiopathy-Related Inflammation: A Single-Institution 25-Year
Experience
#MMPMID27196463
Salvarani C
; Morris JM
; Giannini C
; Brown RD Jr
; Christianson T
; Hunder GG
Medicine (Baltimore)
2016[May]; 95
(20
): e3613
PMID27196463
show ga
Vascular inflammation is present in a subset of patients with cerebral amyloid
angiopathy (CAA) and has a major influence in determining the disease
manifestations. Radiological characterization of this subset is particularly
important to achieve early recognition and treatment. We conducted this study to
investigate the role of imaging in differentiating CAA with and without
inflammation. We reviewed neuroimaging findings for 54 patients seen at Mayo
Clinic over 25 years with pathological evidence of CAA and with available
neuroimaging at the time of diagnosis. Clinical data were also recorded. Patients
were grouped into CAA alone (no vascular inflammation), A?-related angiitis or
ABRA (angiodestructive inflammation), and CAA-related inflammation or CAA-RI
(perivascular inflammation). Imaging findings at presentation were compared among
patient subgroups. Radiological features supporting a diagnosis of ABRA or CAA-RI
were identified. Radiologic findings at diagnosis were available in 27 patients
with CAA without inflammation, 22 with ABRA, and 5 with CAA-RI. On MRI,
leptomeningeal disease alone or with infiltrative white matter was significantly
more frequent at presentation in patients with ABRA or CAA-RI compared with those
with CAA (29.6% vs. 3.7%, P?=?0.02; and 40.7% vs. 3.7%, P?=?0.002, respectively),
whereas lobar hemorrhage was more frequent in patients with CAA (62.3% vs. 7.4%,
P?=?0.0001). Overall, leptomeningeal involvement at presentation was present in
70.4% of patients with ABRA or CAA-RI and in only 7.4% of patients with CAA
(P?=?0.0001). The sensitivity and specificity of leptomeningeal enhancement to
identify patients with ABRA or CAA-RI were 70.4% and 92.6%, respectively, whereas
the positive likelihood ratio (LR) was 9.5. The sensitivity and specificity of
intracerebral hemorrhage to identify patients with CAA were 62.9% and 92.6%,
respectively, whereas the positive LR was 8.5. Microbleeds were found in 70.4% of
patients with inflammatory CAA at presentation. In conclusion, leptomeningeal
enhancement and lobar hemorrhage at presentation may enable differentiation
between CAA with and without inflammation. The identification at initial MRI of
diffuse cortical-subcortical microbleeds in elderly patients presenting with
infiltrative white matter process or prominent leptomeningeal enhancement is
highly suggestive of vascular inflammatory CAA.