[14,29] Finally, in terms of clinical manifestations and prognosis, there was no difference between the two pathological subtypes of CAA-RI. Castro Caldas A, Silva C, Albuquerque L, Pimentel J, Silva V, Ferro JM. Epub 2015 Jul 2. In addition, CAA is a disease caused by disordered A clearance, and CAA-RI is in fact the body's immune response aimed at clearing A. The term "inflammatory cerebral amyloid angiopathy" can be used as an umbrella term encompassing two subtypes:cerebral amyloid angiopathy-related inflammation and amyloid -related angiitis2,6. About 60% of patients died or were severely disabled after immunotherapy, and there was no statistically significant difference in terms of prognosis between the two pathological types. 9. Some authors are consistent with the terms we have used here, while some call the two subtypes CAA-RI and ABRA. A Report of 2 Cases. 19. Cerebral amyloid angiopathy (CAA) is characterized by amyloid beta-peptide deposits within small- to medium-sized blood vessels of the brain and leptomeninges. [12,14,18] The erythrocyte sedimentation rate was increased in 37.5% of patients, while C-reactive protein (CRP) was elevated in 60%. 32. Additionally, although there is considerable overlap, inflammatory cerebral amyloid angiopathy should be distinguished from amyloid-related imaging abnormalities (ARIA)that are seen in the setting of treatment with novel amyloid-lowering therapies such as monoclonal antibodies 13. [28] This strongly suggests that an immune response to A is responsible for CAA-RI. FOIA The asymmetry should not be due to past intracerebral hemorrhage to satisfy this criterion 4. Pseudotumoral presentation of cerebral amyloid angiopathy-related inflammation. Chinese Medical Journal134(6):646-654, March 20, 2021. Primary central nervous system vasculitis: comparison of patients with and without cerebral amyloid angiopathy. Disclaimer. 2019 Sep-Oct;42:36-40. doi: 10.1016/j.carpath.2019.05.004. This pathological distinction is not reliably predicted on imaging 2. A spectrum from CAA to PACNS: pathological differences between CAA, ICAA, ABRA, and PACNS. The PubMed wordmark and PubMed logo are registered trademarks of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). [28] CAA-RI is thought to be a spontaneous ARIA, while ARIA is considered to be iatrogenic CAA-RI. SWI or T2: which MRI sequence to use in the detection of cerebral microbleeds? [5] Unlike non-inflammatory CAA, acute or subacute onset of cognitive decline or behavioral changes are the most common symptom of CAA-RI. . Acute or subacute onset of cognitive decline or behavioral changes is the most common symptom of CAA-RI. Hao Q, Tsankova NM, Shoirah H, Kellner CP, Nael K. Vessel Wall MRI Enhancement in Noninflammatory Cerebral Amyloid Angiopathy. Beta-amyloid peptides bind to lipoproteins and apolipoproteins E and J in the CSF and to HDL particles in plasma, inhibiting metal-catalyzed oxidation of lipoproteins. Once the diagnosis is made, glucocorticoids or even immunosuppressants should be adopted in order to improve the prognosis. 2015 Sep;24(9):e245-50. Cenina AR, De Leon J, Tay KY, Wong CF, Kandiah N. Cerebral amyloid angiopathy-related inflammation presenting with rapidly progressive dementia, responsive to IVIg. Probatory corticoid treatment resolved FLAIR changes . Thus, other differential diagnoses should be carefully ruled out. Mendona MD, Caetano A, Pinto M, Cruz e Silva V, Viana-Baptista M. J Stroke Cerebrovasc Dis. 7. Search for Similar Articles This disorder typically responds to steroids but addition of other immune suppressants may be needed in some cases to control the disease. There are two recognized pathologically characterized variants: cerebral amyloid angiopathy-related inflammation (CAAri) and A beta-related angiitis (ABRA). Perivascular and vascular inflammatory patterns without granulomas accounted for 22.5% of cases. Blechingberg J, Poulsen ASA, Kjlby M, Monti G, Allen M, Ivarsen AK, et al. Bethesda, MD 20894, Web Policies In sporadic CAA, vascular amyloid is composed of the same 39- to 43-amino acid A peptide observed in the neuritic plaques of Alzheimer's disease (AD). (2016) JAMA neurology. -. The gold standard for diagnosis is autopsy or brain biopsy. Discussion This report of neurologic autoimmunity in a patient receiving sitravatinib opens new lines of inquiry into the pathophysiology of CAA-ri. Giant cell arteritis and arteriolitis associated with amyloid angiopathy in an elderly mongol. Tumors including primary central nervous system lymphomas and metastases should be taken into consideration when making a diagnosis in such patients. Dear Sirs, Cerebral amyloid angiopathy (CAA) causes intracerebral haemorrhages and is associated with cognitive impairment and Alzheimer's disease. Other diagnostic indexes include the apolipoprotein E 4 allele, A and anti-A antibodies in cerebral spinal fluid and amyloid positron emission tomography. The case of an 85-year-old female with acute right hemiparesis with status epilepticus. [14], Angio-destructive changes, such as fibrinoid necrosis can also be found in some of the vessel walls in patients affected by ABRA. Rapid progressive dementia, headache, seizures, or focal neurological deficits, with patchy or confluent hyperintensity on T2 or fluid-attenuated inversion recovery sequences and evidence of strictly lobar microbleeds or cortical superficial siderosis on susceptibility-weighted imaging imply CAA-RI. [6,66] In addition, these two conditions may be present concurrently. (2013) American Journal of Neuroradiology. The mechanism underlying CAA-RI remains unclear. 57. (C) No enhancement was seen. [22] Nevertheless, in our experience, this is not typical and may not be meaningful in clinical practice. Teaching neuro: cerebral amyloid angiopathy-related inflammation presenting with isolated leptomeningitis. [32] In a systematic review, of the 142 cases with available data, 27.5% presented with both perivascular inflammation and vasculitis with granuloma formation, which is the most common pathological pattern. Corovic A, Kelly S, Markus HS. The aim of future research should focus on specific pathogenic mechanisms and inflammatory pathways to determine which types of CAA patients are prone to developing inflammation, whether other genes or alleles besides APOE 4 are also risk factors, how they play a role in the mechanism, and so on. The former represents the inflammatory form of CAA, while the latter is an independent disease or a subtype of PACNS associated with CAA. Ronsin S, Deiana G, Geraldo AF, Durand-Dubief F, Thomas-Maisonneuve L, Formaglio M, et al. official website and that any information you provide is encrypted [44,45] However, sometimes the burden of CMBs is so obvious that hypointense lesions seen on SWI can also be identified on T2 or FLAIR images. Miller-Thomas MM, Sipe AL, Benzinger TL et-al. 71. Mendona 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. 9. There are two major types of CAA: one is hereditary CAA, which is associated with Down syndrome or mutations in the A protein precursor (APP) gene or presenilin gene,[1] and the other one is age-related sporadic CAA. Salvarani C, Brown RD Jr, Calamia KT, Christianson TJ, Huston J 3rd, Meschia JF, et al. 6. The results of lumbar puncture revealed that more than 80% of patients had increased CSF protein, 44% had pleocytosis,[17] and generally no oligoclonal bands were detected. 29. (B) Strictly lobar CMBs. Finally, a multi-center prospective cohort study, using unified standards for the collection of data, application of designed therapies, and follow-up strategy is necessary. A study has shown that more patients with ABRA (33.0%) require a combination of steroids and immunosuppressants than do patients with ICAA (12.8%), to achieve similar outcomes. An official website of the United States government. There are still many questions related to CAA-RI that require investigation. There are two recognized pathologically characterized variants: cerebral amyloid angiopathy-related inflammation (CAAri) and A beta-related angiitis (ABRA). Both variants produce a clinical picture that resembles primary angiitis of the CNS but is distinguished by a characteristic radiologic appearance. This method scores the most advanced degree of CAA present within the specimen. Unable to load your collection due to an error, Unable to load your delegates due to an error. [18] No difference in outcome was found between patients receiving mono-therapy of corticosteroid and patients receiving a combination of immunosuppressant and corticosteroid therapy. 51. Moosavi B, Torres C, Jansen G. Case 232: Amyloid -related Angiitis. Cerebral amyloid angiopathy-related inflammation (CAA-RI) is a rare but increasingly recognized subtype of CAA. 1. Kotsenas AL, Morris JM, Wald JT, Parisi JE, Campeau NG. government site. Epub 2014 Feb 11. It may also present with cognitive impairments, incidental . [39] One patient with a history of Parkinson's disease (PD) was mistakenly thought to have developed the mental manifestation of PD when he presented with the symptoms of CAA-RI. [22,31] In fact, both ICAA and ABRA can present with or without granulomatous inflammation. 2022 Dec 3;22(1):449. doi: 10.1186/s12883-022-02979-6. [65] Therefore, these two diseases are sometimes difficult to distinguish, and it may be necessary to observe changes during follow-up to obtain the correct diagnosis. Amyloid--related angiitis: a report of 2 cases with unusual presentations. Some error has occurred while processing your request. The site is secure. 2022 Jul;9(7):1102-1103. doi: 10.1002/acn3.51596. American journal of neuroradiology. Xu YY, Chen S, Zhao JH, Chen XL, Zhang JW. [12,13] Because immunosuppressive therapy is effective for the disease, timely diagnosis and early commencement of therapy are very important. Immunosuppressants can be administered in cases showing no response to glucocorticoids or for preventing recurrence. [14] The dosage used is based on individual selection. The gold standard for diagnosis is autopsy or brain biopsy. 2014 Aug;44(1):86-92. doi: 10.1016/j.semarthrit.2014.02.001. Moosavi B, Torres C, Jansen G. Case 232: amyloid--related angiitis. Correspondence to: Dr. Jun Ni, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, No 1, Shuaifuyuan, Dongdan, Dongcheng District, Beijing 10073, ChinaE-Mail: [emailprotected], How to cite this article: Wu JJ, Yao M, Ni J. Cerebral amyloid angiopathy-related inflammation: current status and future implications. Highlight selected keywords in the article text. 2020; 16:30-42. doi: 10.1038/s41582-019-0281-2 Google Scholar; 35. Cerebral Amyloid Angiopathy and Cerebral Amyloid Angiopathy-Related Inflammation: Comparison of Hemorrhagic and DWI MRI Features. Kirshner et al[8] reported a CAA-RI patient with pathologically confirmed grade III anaplastic astrocytoma. Anti-amyloid autoantibodies in cerebral amyloid angiopathy-related inflammation: implications for amyloid-modifying therapies. Martucci M, Sarria S, Toledo M et-al. Because of the similarity between CAA-RI and ARIA, the first theory seems unreasonable. -, Reid AH, Maloney AF. The Inflammatory Form of Cerebral Amyloid Angiopathy or "Cerebral Amyloid Angiopathy-Related Inflammation" (CAARI). doi: 10.1161/strokeaha.114.005598. 21. Cerebral amyloid angiopathy-related inflammation with posterior reversible encephalopathy syndrome-like presentation: a case report. Federal government websites often end in .gov or .mil. Cerebrospinal fluid anti-amyloid- autoantibodies and amyloid PET in cerebral amyloid angiopathy-related inflammation. When the distinction is made, the difference lies in whether the inflammation is perivascular only (cerebral amyloid angiopathy-related inflammation or inflammatory cerebral amyloid angiopathy) or also involves and destroys the vessel wall (amyloid -related angiitis). doi: 10.1097/MD.0000000000003613. 2. Reid and Maloney first described CAA with vascular inflammation in a patient with AD in 1974, and subsequent cases were reported. [50,51] In these extreme cases, brain biopsy seems to be the only choice. Susceptibility-weighted imaging is more reliable than T2-weighted gradient-recalled echo MRI for detecting microbleeds. [11] The most commonly used immunosuppressants are cyclophosphamide (33.9%), azathioprine (5.0%), mycophenolate mofetil (5.0%), methotrexate, immunoglobulin, and so on. Validation of clinicoradiological criteria for the diagnosis of cerebral amyloid angiopathy-related inflammation. (2016) Medicine. DiFrancesco JC, Brioschi M, Brighina L, Ruffmann C, Saracchi E, Costantino G, et al. [18] Sakai et al[32] reported a case of CAA-RI at the chronic stage, with persistently elevated proteinase 3-antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibody levels. 25. 63. One case was initially suspected of PRES or cerebral venous sinus thrombosis and was treated with anticoagulant and steroid. This is in most cases a non-inflammatory age-related condition that is associated with cerebral hemorrhage, infarcts, leukoencephalopathy and dementia. Renard D, Tatu L, Collombier L, Wacongne A, Ayrignac X, Charif M, Boukriche Y, Chiper L, Fourcade G, Azakri S, Gaillard N, Mercier E, Lehmann S, Thouvenot E. J Alzheimers Dis. 2022 Nov 14;11(22):6731. doi: 10.3390/jcm11226731. Kirshner HS, Bradshaw M. The Inflammatory Form of Cerebral Amyloid Angiopathy or "Cerebral Amyloid Angiopathy-Related Inflammation" (CAARI). The diagnostic criteria for possible or probable inflammatory cerebral amyloid angiopathy require age 40 years 4. This also reflects the importance of the SWI sequence. Immunosuppressive therapy is effective both during initial presentation and in relapses. In particular, amiloid tracers revealed higher retention in CAA patients, correlation with cerebral bleed, the ability to differentiate between CAA and other related conditions (such as Alzheimer's disease) and a correlation with some cerebrospinal fluid biomarkers. Clipboard, Search History, and several other advanced features are temporarily unavailable. Ichimata S, Hata Y, Yoshida K, Nishida N. Autopsy of a multiple lobar hemorrhage case with amyloid--related angiitis. Case of cerebral amyloid angiopathy-related inflammation - is the absence of cerebral microbleeds a good prognostic sign? Ann Clin Transl Neurol. 22. 27. - "Advancing diagnostic criteria for sporadic cerebral amyloid angiopathy: Study protocol for a multicenter MRI-pathology validation of . (2020) AJNR. An official website of the United States government. may email you for journal alerts and information, but is committed [33] Findings from several systematic reviews have shown that there is no obvious gender difference, but a slight male predominance was observed. Vessel wall enhancement, however, is not specific for inflammation and may be seen with noninflammatory amyloid angiopathy 12. Amyloidogenic peptides in this condition are nearly always the same ones found in alzheimer disease. Department of Neurology, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Peking Union Medical College and Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Beijing 100730, China. Cerebral amyloid angiopathy is one of the leading causes of intracerebral hemorrhage and a significant contributor to age-related cognitive decline. Aghetti A, Sene D, Polivka M, Shor N, Lechtman S, Chabriat H, et al. Association between immunosuppressive treatment and outcomes of cerebral amyloid angiopathy-related inflammation. Renard D, Wacongne A, Ayrignac X, Charif M, Fourcade G, Azakri S, et al. The PubMed wordmark and PubMed logo are registered trademarks of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). Stroke 2014; 45:26362642. 1 Introduction of the imaging-based Boston criteria for diagnosis of CAA in the 1990s 2, 3 5. Clinical history of progressive cognitive decline over a few weeks and asymmetrically grouped cerebral microbleeds with focal corticosubcortical FLAIR hyperintensity, untypical for stroke and without restricted diffusion, we suspected cerebral amyloid angiopathy related inflammation (CAA-RI). CAA is defined by histopathologydeposition of -amyloid in the cerebrovasculatureand through the 1980s the disorder was only diagnosed in patients with available brain tissue from hematoma evacuation, biopsy, or most commonly postmortem examination. BMC Neurol. If there is no response to corticosteroid therapy within 3 weeks, biopsy should be reconsidered to confirm the diagnosis. The https:// ensures that you are connecting to the [57] A reduction of CMBs was found in one case after immunotherapy, but it cannot be ruled out that the natural course of CAA-RI may include a spontaneous reduction in CMBs. The work cannot be changed in any way or used commercially without permission from the journal. Pathogenetical subtypes of recurrent intracerebral hemorrhage: designations by SMASH-U classification system. Salvarani C, Morris JM, Giannini C, Brown RD Jr, Christianson T, Hunder GG. Phrases such as CAA associated with inflammation, CAA-RI, ICAA, and ABRA are used interchangeably. Thus, in this review, we present the main pathological, clinical, neuroimaging, therapeutic, and prognostic features and the diagnostic criteria of CAA-RI to shed some light on its clinical practice, and then discuss issues that remain unresolved. Cerebral amyloid angiopathy (CAA) is a cerebrovascular disorder caused by the accumulation of cerebral amyloid- (A) in the tunica media and adventitia of leptomeningeal and cortical vessels of the brain. Chin Med J 2021;134:646654. Tumefactive cerebral amyloid angiopathy mimicking CNS neoplasm. Semin Arthritis Rheum. These patients typically present with subacute mental status changes, headaches, and seizures, typically at a slightly younger age than those presenting with . Cancelloni V, Rufa A, Battisti C, De Stefano N, Mastrocinque E, Garosi G, Venezia D, Chiarotti I, Cerase A. Neurol Sci. Accessibility 41. However, biopsy is invasive; consequently, most clinically diagnosed cases have been based on clinical and radiological data. Epub 2014 Feb 11. Yamada M. Cerebral amyloid angiopathy: emerging concepts. Inflammatory Disorders of the Central Nervous System Vessels: Narrative Review. 10: 984. It is not clear why only a small proportion of patients with CAA develop inflammation against A. Epub 2022 Aug 5. Cerebral amyloid angiopathy-related inflammation in the immunosuppressed: a case report. 42. Raghavan P, Looby S, Bourne TD, Wintermark M. Cerebral amyloid angiopathy-related inflammation: a potentially reversible cause of dementia with characteristic imaging findings. Zhu X, Schrader JM, Irizarry BA, Smith SO, Van Nostrand WE. doi: 10.1212/WNL.0b013e3182a9f545. doi: 10.1111/bpa.13061. Lesions are usually unifocal but multifocal involvement is occasionally present at the time of diagnosis (~30%)1. Leptomeningeal enhancement may be a unique imaging manifestation in some cases with confirmed CAA-RI. Cerebral amyloid angiopathy is unrelated to generalized amyloidosis. Many studies have reported that APOE 4/4 homozygosity is significantly correlated with CAA-RI,[47] accounting for 76.9% of CAA-RI patients. Cerebrospinal fluid, MRI, and florbetaben-PET in cerebral amyloid angiopathy-related inflammation. In patients who respond to treatment, imaging follow-up demonstrates regression of the aforementioned inflammatory findings. 11C-PiB PET imaging of encephalopathy associated with cerebral amyloid angiopathy. Inflammatory cerebral amyloid angiopathy is an uncommon cerebral amyloid deposition disease, closely related to the far more common non-inflammatory cerebral amyloid angiopathy , and can present as areas of vasogenic edema. Brashear, H.M. Arrighi, K.A. Brain Pathol. There is currently no long-term follow-up cohort to establish prognosis, and differences in prognoses associated with different therapies for different subtypes are worth investigating. [19] Spontaneous remission has been reported in some cases,[7,71] the fundamentals of which are not yet known. The diagnosis of inflammatory cerebral amyloid angiopathy on clinicoradiologic grounds requires the exclusion of other causes: amyloid-related imaging abnormalities (ARIA)seen in patients treated with amyloid lowering therapies 13, infection, such as progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy (PML)or meningoencephalitis of various causes, vascular pathologies, such as primary CNS vasculitisor posterior reversible encephalopathy syndrome (PRES), Please Note: You can also scroll through stacks with your mouse wheel or the keyboard arrow keys. Clipboard, Search History, and several other advanced features are temporarily unavailable. 4. Wermer MJH, Greenberg SM. 8. Unauthorized use of these marks is strictly prohibited. (2016) Radiology. 51 (2): 525-32. 30. Andersen OM, Rudolph IM, Willnow TE. Thomas Tropea, Prasad Shirvalkar, Krithiga Sekar, Kyung-Wha Kim, Apostolos Tsiouris, Ehud Lavi, Alan Segal. official website and that any information you provide is encrypted The most recent systematic review included 213 pathologically confirmed cases of CAA-RI. These symptoms may also include seizures and cognitive decline. J Alzheimers Dis. Blood tests may reveal signs of inflammation. Cerebral Amyloid Angiopathy-Related Inflammation: A Single-Center Experience and a Literature Review. Objective. Many diseases with similar clinical manifestations should be carefully ruled out. 56. The incidence of multiple lobar CMBs, as well as the total number of CMBs is significantly higher in CAA-RI patients. modify the keyword list to augment your search. By definition, CAA is characterized by vessel wall amyloid deposits. MRA and vessel wall imaging may show medium-sized arteries involved with multifocal stenoses with wall thickening/enhancement 11. 41 (3): 446-448. [18] Although the APOE 2 allele is considered a protective factor against AD, it clearly increases the risk of vascular disease. Piazza F, Greenberg SM, Savoiardo M, Gardinetti M, Chiapparini L, Raicher I, et al. In the vast majority of cases (90%), microhemorrhages are present 1,2. Epub 2022 May 18. Cerebral amyloid angiopathy and Alzheimer disease - one peptide, two pathways. Inflammatory cerebral amyloid angiopathyis an uncommon cerebral amyloid deposition disease, closely related to the far more common non-inflammatory cerebral amyloid angiopathy,and can present as areas of vasogenic edema. [Cerebral Amyloid Angiopathy-Related Inflammation/Vasculitis]. Melzer N, Harder A, Gross CC, Wolfer J, Stummer W, Niederstadt T, et al. 11. [11] The gold standard test for diagnosis is autopsy or brain biopsy. Cerebral amyloid angiopathy (CAA) is a kind of disease in which amyloid (A) and other amyloid protein deposits in the cerebral cortex and the small blood vessels of the brain, causing . 280 (2): 643-7. Inflammatory cerebral amyloid angiopathy. Check for errors and try again. However, given the segmental distribution of the lesions, they may be missed by the biopsy, which will lead to a missed diagnosis. 73 (2): 197-202. Impact of A40 and A42 Fibrils on the Transcriptome of Primary Astrocytes and Microglia. It also remains unclear what should be done for those diagnosed with possible CAA-RI, and whether they still need to undergo brain biopsy. doi: 10.1007/bf00687163. [2,46,68] The most common abnormality found in PACNS is the presence of proximal or distal stenosis on MRA or conventional digital subtraction angiography; this is not commonly seen in CAA-RI. Medicina (Kaunas). Renard D, Collombier L, Demattei C, Wacongne A, Charif M, Ayrignac X, et al. [10] The carriage rate in non-inflammatory CAA patients was only 5.1%,[10] and it is rarely seen in healthy people or stroke patients. Cerebral amyloid angiopathy is often asymptomatic, which can cause dementia, intracranial hemorrhage, or transient neurological events. Auriel et al[13] updated the criteria in 2016, defined the WMH pattern specific for distinguishing between probable and possible CAA-RI, and proposed cSS as a marker of hemorrhage. sharing sensitive information, make sure youre on a federal Sakai K, Ueda M, Fukushima W, Tamaoka A, Shoji M, Ando Y, et al. Magnetic resonance angiography (MRA) or cerebral angiography is unremarkable in CAA-RI, due to the small caliber of the involved blood vessels, which prevents the lesion from being captured. doi: 10.1097/WCO.0000000000000510. 2016;36 (4): 1147-63. Fukasawa R, Shimizu S, Hirose D, Kanetaka H, Umahara T, Obikane H, et al. 59. However, anticoagulation was later suspended due to cerebral hemorrhage, and the patient was finally diagnosed with CAA-RI. Inflammatory cerebral amyloid angiopathy is an uncommon cerebral amyloid deposition disease, closely related to the far more common non-inflammatory cerebral amyloid angiopathy , and can present as areas of vasogenic edema. Before Unable to process the form. Typical images of cerebral amyloid angiopathy-related inflammation. 1-6 It differs from more common noninflammatory forms of CAA . A engulfed in macrophages can be observed at times. Child ND, Braksick SA, Flanagan EP, Keegan BM, Giannini C, Kantarci OH. Acta Neuropathol 1974; 27:131137. Moreover, ABRA was considered to be different from ICAA because it has the same vascular destructive pathological changes as PACNS. Besides, the study did not propose a specific treatment or plan for further examination for patients meeting a diagnosis of possible CAA-RI. 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Cerebral amyloid angiopathy-related inflammation (CAAri) is characterized by vasogenic edema and multiple cortical/subcortical microbleeds, sharing several aspects with the recently defined amyloidrelated imaging abnormalities (ARIA) reported in Alzheimer's disease (AD) passive immunization therapies. [17,18] The main patient group is the elderly, with an average age of 67 at diagnosis; yet, this is still younger than that of CAA patients. In addition, there is a need to determine more biomarkers by which to modify the diagnostic criteria and further improve diagnostic efficiency. Liang JW, Zhang W, Sarlin J, Boniece I. 2022 Nov 14;11(22):6731. doi: 10.3390/jcm11226731. The growing clinical spectrum of cerebral amyloid angiopathy. CAA-RI consists of two subtypes: inflammatory cerebral amyloid angiopathy and amyloid (A)-related angiitis. Diagnosis, treatment, and follow-up of patients with cerebral amyloid angiopathy-related inflammation. 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