Longitudinal epidemiology of multiple sclerosis in Townsville, Queensland, Australia, 2012-2022.

Background: Townsville (population=195,564, latitude=19.3°S) is the largest city in the Northern Queensland region of Australia, an area previously defined as a low/medium-prevalence zone for multiple sclerosis (MS). However, the epidemiology of MS in this region since 1981 is unknown.

Cerebral amyloid angiopathy with related inflammation masquerading as crescendo transient ischaemic attacks.

Cerebral amyloid angiopathy with related inflammation (CAA-RI) is an uncommon inflammatory subtype of CAA, with a variety of presentations that can mimic other focal and diffuse neurological disorders. We present a 63-year-old man with recurrent stereotyped focal neurological symptoms, who was initially diagnosed as capsular warning syndrome and treated with antithrombotic therapy. Atypical imaging led to further investigation including a cerebral biopsy, which confirmed CAA-RI; he improved clinically and radiologically with immunosuppression.