| Literature DB >> 30042795 |
Oana M Dumitrascu1, Erin M Okazaki1, Steven H Cobb2, Matthew A Zarka3, Stephen A De Souza4, Gyanendra Kumar1, Cumara B O'Carroll1.
Abstract
Amyloid beta-related angiitis (ABRA) is a subtype of cerebral amyloid angiopathy-related inflammation, with distinctive pathology and prognosis compared with cerebral amyloid angiopathy (CAA). On a spectrum of increasing severity, ABRA is considered to be in-between the less aggressive inflammatory-CAA and the more severe primary central nervous system (CNS) angiitis. Whereas retinal pathological changes were described in subjects with primary or secondary CNS angiitis, and non-inflammatory CAA, bilateral posterior pole superficial and peripapillary retinal hemorrhages have not been reported as initial signs in patients with pathology-confirmed ABRA, accompanying neurological spells and characteristic neuroimaging findings.Entities:
Keywords: Amyloid angiopathy; inflammation; neuro-ophthalmology; retina
Year: 2017 PMID: 30042795 PMCID: PMC6056207 DOI: 10.1080/01658107.2017.1374982
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Neuroophthalmology ISSN: 0165-8107