MRI detection of new hemorrhages: potential marker of progression in cerebral amyloid angiopathy

Neurology. 1999 Sep 22;53(5):1135-8. doi: 10.1212/wnl.53.5.1135.

Abstract

The authors used serial gradient-echo MRIs to detect new small hemorrhages in patients with previous lobar hemorrhage. Of 24 lobar hemorrhage patients (17 diagnosed with probable and 7 with possible amyloid angiopathy) who prospectively underwent repeat MRI 1.5 years after initial study, 9 (38%) demonstrated additional hemorrhages at follow-up. Interrater agreement was high. New hemorrhages were more frequent in patients with probable amyloid angiopathy (8 of 17, 47%) with more hemorrhages at baseline (p < 0.01). These results suggest a role for gradient-echo MRI in assessing disease progression in amyloid angiopathy.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
  • Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Aged, 80 and over
  • Brain / pathology
  • Cerebral Amyloid Angiopathy / pathology*
  • Cerebral Hemorrhage / pathology*
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging
  • Male
  • Prospective Studies