Primary angiitis of the central nervous system (PACNS): radiological differentials

Vascular differentials

• Arteriovenous malformations (AVM)
• Cerebral amyloid angiopathy (CAA)
• Posterior reversible encephalopathy syndrome (PRES)
• CADASIL
• Susac’s syndrome
• Hereditary endotheliopathy with retinopathy, nephropathy, and stroke (HERNS)

Haemorrhagic differentials

Infectious differentials

Neoplastic differentials

Inflammatory differentials

Angiographic differentials

Other differentials

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References

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