Cerebral amyloid angiopathy (illustration)

Case contributed by Rohit Sharma , 2 Mar 2022
Diagnosis not applicable
Changed by Rohit Sharma, 2 Mar 2024
Disclosures - updated 18 Aug 2023: Nothing to disclose

Updates to Study Attributes

Findings was changed:

This illustration depicts the numerous haemorrhagic and non-haemorrhagic manifestations of cerebral amyloid angiopathy:

  • haemorrhagic manifestations (left side of illustration)

    • lobar intracerebral haemorrhage (lobar ICH), in red

      • accompanied by satellite acute cerebral microbleeds and associated convexity (convexal) subarachnoid haemorrhage, in red, and occurring in a region of cortical superficial siderosis, in black

    • lobar cerebral microbleeds (lobar CMBs), in black

    • cortical superficial siderosis (cSS), in black

    • convexity (convexal) subarachnoid haemorrhage (cSAH), in red, occurring independently of any intracerebral haemorrhage

  • non-haemorrhagic manifestations (right side of illustration)

    • enlarged perivascular spaces (EPVS) of the centrum semiovale, in white

    • white matter hyperintense spots (WMH spots), in dark brown

    • white matter hyperintensities (WMH), in light brown

    • cortical microinfarcts, in purple

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