Cerebral hemorrhagic stroke associated with cerebral amyloid angiopathy in young adults about 3 decades after neurosurgeries in their infancy

Recently, there have been increasing numbers of evidence that cerebral β–amyloidosis could be transmitted between individuals [1–5]. Here, we describe 2 patients with cerebral amyloid angiopathy (CAA) associated with amyloid β protein (Aβ) (Aβ-CAA) about 3 decades after neurosurgeries, suggesting transmission of Aβ-CAA via the neurosurgeries contaminated with Aβ aggregates or induction of Aβ-CAA by the disturbance of Aβ clearance caused by neurosurgeries.

Source: Journal of the Neurological Sciences - February 1, 2019 Category: Neurology Authors: Tsuyoshi Hamaguchi, Junji Komatsu, Kenji Sakai, Moeko Noguchi-Shinohara, Satoshi Aoki, Takeshi Ikeuchi, Masahito Yamada Tags: Letter to the Editor Source Type: research