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Clinical-radiological presentation and natural history of iatrogenic cerebral amyloid angiopathy

Fandler-Höfler, Simon; Kaushik, Kanishk; Storti, Benedetta; Pikija, Slaven; Mallon, Dermot; Ambler, Gareth; Damavandi, Payam Tabaee; ... Werring, David J; + view all (2025) Clinical-radiological presentation and natural history of iatrogenic cerebral amyloid angiopathy. Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery and Psychiatry 10.1136/jnnp-2024-335164. (In press). Green open access

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Abstract

BACKGROUND: We aimed to describe neuroimaging features, clinical profiles and long-term outcomes in patients with iatrogenic cerebral amyloid angiopathy (iCAA). METHODS: We performed a systematic literature search for case series of iCAA and included individual patients and their longitudinal clinical and neuroimaging data in this pooled cohort study. Patients meeting a modified version of the Queen Square criteria for iCAA were included. Baseline and follow-up MRIs were centrally analysed for markers of CAA using validated rating scales. RESULTS: We included 51 patients (68.6% male, median age at presentation 48 years), 51.0% with probable and 49.0% with possible iCAA. We evaluated 219 MRIs acquired over a median follow-up time of 3.7 years (IQR 1.8-6.4). There were 43 symptomatic intracerebral haemorrhages (ICH) in 24 patients during follow-up, a rate of 16.7 per 100 patient-years.Patients with previous supratentorial brain surgery had an ipsilateral-dominant distribution and spread of haemorrhagic markers on MRI. 14/51 (27.5%) patients had transient inflammatory changes (cortical or parenchymal oedema, sulcal hyperintensities). Haemorrhagic markers progressed during follow-up. In addition to 43 symptomatic ICH, 36 asymptomatic ICH (mostly smaller intragyral haemorrhages) were detected on follow-up scans. Besides numerous lobar microbleeds (median 16 at baseline, 53 at last follow-up), deep microbleeds were present in 19.6% of patients at baseline and 44.4% at follow-up. Severe perivascular spaces in centrum semiovale were common at baseline (64.7%) and follow-up (95.6%). CONCLUSIONS: Patients with iCAA appear to have distinctive MRI characteristics, which might differentiate iCAA from other CAA subtypes and provide new insights into underlying disease mechanisms.

Type: Article
Title: Clinical-radiological presentation and natural history of iatrogenic cerebral amyloid angiopathy
Location: England
Open access status: An open access version is available from UCL Discovery
DOI: 10.1136/jnnp-2024-335164
Publisher version: https://doi.org/10.1136/jnnp-2024-335164
Language: English
Additional information: This version is the author accepted manuscript. For information on re-use, please refer to the publisher’s terms and conditions.
Keywords: AMYLOID, CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE, PRION, STROKE
UCL classification: UCL
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Brain Sciences
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Brain Sciences > UCL Queen Square Institute of Neurology
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Brain Sciences > UCL Institute of Prion Diseases
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Brain Sciences > UCL Queen Square Institute of Neurology > Brain Repair and Rehabilitation
URI: https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10205069
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