Strictly Lobar Microbleeds Reflect Amyloid Angiopathy Regardless of Cerebral and Cerebellar Compartments
- Authors
- Jung, Young Hee; Jang, Hyemin; Park, Seong Beom; Choe, Yeong Sim; Park, Yuhyun; Kang, Sung Hoon; Lee, Jong Min; Kim, Ji Sun; Kim, Jaeho; Kim, Jun Pyo; Kim, Hee Jin; Na, Duk L.; Seo, Sang Won
- Issue Date
- Dec-2020
- Publisher
- Lippincott Williams & Wilkins Ltd.
- Keywords
- cerebral amyloid angiopathy; hypertension; magnetic resonance imaging; risk factors; siderosis
- Citation
- Stroke, v.51, no.12, pp 3600 - 3607
- Pages
- 8
- Indexed
- SCIE
SCOPUS
- Journal Title
- Stroke
- Volume
- 51
- Number
- 12
- Start Page
- 3600
- End Page
- 3607
- URI
- https://scholarworks.korea.ac.kr/kumedicine/handle/2020.sw.kumedicine/54193
- DOI
- 10.1161/STROKEAHA.119.028487
- ISSN
- 0039-2499
1524-4628
- Abstract
- Background and Purpose: We aimed to determine whether lobar cerebellar microbleeds or concomitant lobar cerebellar and deep microbleeds, in the presence of lobar cerebral microbleeds, attribute to underlying advanced cerebral amyloid angiopathy pathology or hypertensive arteriopathy. Methods: We categorized 71 patients with suspected cerebral amyloid angiopathy markers (regardless of the presence of deep and cerebellar microbleeds) into 4 groups according to microbleed distribution: L (strictly lobar cerebral, n=33), L/LCbll (strictly lobar cerebral and strictly lobar cerebellar microbleeds, n=13), L/Cbll/D (lobar, cerebellar, and deep microbleeds, n=17), and L/D (lobar and deep, n=8). We additionally categorized patients with cerebellar microbleeds into 2 groups according to dentate nucleus involvement: strictly lobar cerebellar (n=16) and dentate (n=14). We then compared clinical characteristics, A beta (amyloid-beta) positivity on PET (positron emission tomography), magnetic resonance imaging cerebral amyloid angiopathy markers, and cerebral small vessel disease burden among groups. Results: The frequency of A beta positivity was higher in the L and L/LCbll groups (81.8% and 84.6%) than in the L/Cbll/D and L/D groups (37.5% and 29.4%; P<0.001), while lacune numbers were lower in the L and L/LCbll groups (1.7 +/- 3.3 and 1.7 +/- 2.6) than in the L/Cbll/D and L/D groups (8.0 +/- 10.3 and 13.4 +/- 17.7, P=0.001). The L/LCbll group had more lobar cerebral microbleeds than the L group (93.2 +/- 121.8 versus 38.0 +/- 40.8, P=0.047). The lobar cerebellar group had a higher A beta positivity (75% versus 28.6%, P=0.011) and lower lacune number (2.3 +/- 3.7 versus 8.6 +/- 1.2, P=0.041) than the dentate group. Conclusions: Strictly lobar cerebral and cerebellar microbleeds are related to cerebral amyloid angiopathy, whereas any combination of concurrent lobar and deep microbleeds suggest hypertensive angiopathy regardless of cerebral or cerebellar compartments.
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