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Amyloid-Beta-Related Angiitis with Distinctive Neuro-Ophthalmologic Features.

Oana M DumitrascuErin M OkazakiSteven H CobbMatthew A ZarkaStephen A De SouzaGyanendra KumarCumara B O'Carroll
Published in: Neuro-ophthalmology (Aeolus Press) (2017)
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.
Keyphrases
  • optical coherence tomography
  • oxidative stress
  • subarachnoid hemorrhage
  • diabetic retinopathy
  • blood brain barrier
  • optic nerve
  • cerebral ischemia
  • early onset
  • brain injury
  • drug induced