Amyloid-beta-related angiitis: a treatable rapidly progressive dementia. Issue 3 (9th March 2022)
- Record Type:
- Journal Article
- Title:
- Amyloid-beta-related angiitis: a treatable rapidly progressive dementia. Issue 3 (9th March 2022)
- Main Title:
- Amyloid-beta-related angiitis: a treatable rapidly progressive dementia
- Authors:
- Nasir, Memoona
Nortey, Donald
Malek, Naveed
Valerio, Fernanda
Chaudhuri, Abhijit - Abstract:
- Abstract : A 73-year-old woman developed cognitive decline over 1 year. MR scan of the brain showed a focal asymmetrical leukoencephalopathy involving the right frontal, temporal, parietal and occipital lobes. Extensive laboratory investigations found no cause but brain biopsy identified amyloid-beta-related angiitis (ABRA), a potentially treatable cause of rapid-onset dementia. We gave intravenous methylprednisolone and then two courses of intravenous cyclophosphamide, after which her cognitive skills gradually but significantly improved over several months.
- Is Part Of:
- Practical neurology. Volume 22:Issue 3(2022)
- Journal:
- Practical neurology
- Issue:
- Volume 22:Issue 3(2022)
- Issue Display:
- Volume 22, Issue 3 (2022)
- Year:
- 2022
- Volume:
- 22
- Issue:
- 3
- Issue Sort Value:
- 2022-0022-0003-0000
- Page Start:
- 228
- Page End:
- 230
- Publication Date:
- 2022-03-09
- Subjects:
- dementia
Neurology -- Periodicals
616.8005 - Journal URLs:
- http://www.blackwellpublishing.com/subs.asp?ref=1474-7758 ↗
http://pn.bmj.com/ ↗
http://www.bmj.com/archive ↗ - DOI:
- 10.1136/practneurol-2021-003263 ↗
- Languages:
- English
- ISSNs:
- 1474-7758
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