Amyloid-β-related angiitis (ABRA) is a rare complication of cerebral amyloid angiopathy in which amyloid-β deposition in the leptomeningeal and cortical vessels is associated with vasculitis characterized by transmural lymphohistiocytic, often granulomatous, inflammation. Patients usually present with acute to subacute cognitive dysfunction, headaches, and focal neurologic deficits. We report 2 cases of ABRA with unusual clinical presentations, including one case with fatal cerebral edema leading to herniation and Duret hemorrhages, and another associated with both lobar and deep parenchymal hemorrhages with intraventricular extension as well as hypercoagulability. Both showed extensive vascular amyloid-β deposition associated with granulomatous angiitis and foreign body-type multinucleated giant cells. One of our cases demonstrates the likely effects of ABRA on impairment of fluid regulation leading to severe cerebral edema, which is an uncommon manifestation of ABRA, and may be a result of impaired blood-brain barrier function or malfunction of the neurovascular unit.
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