This illustration depicts the numerous hemorrhagic and non-hemorrhagic manifestations of cerebral amyloid angiopathy:
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hemorrhagic manifestations (left side of illustration)
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lobar intracerebral hemorrhage (lobar ICH), in red
accompanied by satellite acute cerebral microbleeds and associated convexity (convexal) subarachnoid hemorrhage, 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 hemorrhage (cSAH), in red, occurring independently of any intracerebral hemorrhage
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non-hemorrhagic 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
Case Discussion
Attribution: this illustration was created by Dr Andreas Charidimou, and has been faithfully reproduced and uploaded to Radiopaedia.org with his permission. In citing this image, please use Dr Charidimou's name as the author of this case. The original illustration can be found here.
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