Cerebral amyloid angiopathy related inflammation (CAAri)

Evidence-based neurology checklist on cerebral amyloid angiopathy related inflammation (caari): Clinical features Rapid cognitive decline Headaches Seizures Impaired consciousness Behavioural change Focal neurological deficits It may be asymptomatic Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI): white matter…

Clinical features

  • Rapid cognitive decline
  • Headaches
  • Seizures
  • Impaired consciousness
  • Behavioural change
  • Focal neurological deficits
  • It may be asymptomatic

Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI): white matter hyperintensities

Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI): other features

Cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) analysis

Other investigations

Differential diagnosis

Immunosuppressant treatment

Prognosis

References

  1. Auriel E, Charidimou A, Gurol ME, et al. Validation of clinicoradiological criteria for the diagnosis of cerebral amyloid angiopathy-related inflammation. JAMA Neurol 2016; 73:197-202.
  2. Mendonça MD, Caetano A, Pinto M, Cruz e Silva V, Viana-Baptista M. Stroke-like episodes heralding a reversible encephalopathy: microbleeds as the key to the diagnosis of cerebral amyloid angiopathy-related inflammation-a case report and literature review. J Stroke Cerebrovasc Dis 2015; 24:e245-250.
  3. Salvarani C, Morris JM, Giannini C, Brown RD Jr, Christianson T, Hunder GG. Imaging findings of cerebral amyloid angiopathy, aβ-related angiitis (ABRA), and cerebral amyloid angiopathy-related inflammation: a single-institution 25-year experience. Medicine (Baltimore) 2016; 95:e3613.
  4. Martín-Jiménez P, Sánchez-Tornero M, Llamas-Velasco S, et al. Cerebral amyloid angiopathy-related inflammation: clinical features and treatment response in a case series. Neurologia (Engl Ed) 2023 Jul 10:S2173-5808(23)00041-X.
  5. Bravo GÁ, Cirera LS, Torrentà LR. Clinical and radiological features of cerebral amyloid angiopathy-related inflammation. Neurol Sci 2021 (Online ahead of print).
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