{"id":14736,"date":"2026-06-06T06:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-06-06T10:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cov19longhaulfoundation.org\/?p=14736"},"modified":"2026-06-04T11:10:12","modified_gmt":"2026-06-04T15:10:12","slug":"cerebral-amyloid-angiopathy-related-inflammation-after-covid-19-vaccination-case-or-causality","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cov19longhaulfoundation.org\/?p=14736","title":{"rendered":"Cerebral amyloid angiopathy \u2013 Related inflammation after COVID-19 vaccination: Case or causality?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">Francesco Rossato\u00a0<sup>a<\/sup>,\u00a0Gianmarco Gazzola\u00a0<sup>a<\/sup>,\u00a0Valentina Carlucci\u00a0<sup>a<\/sup>,\u00a0et. al. PMCID: PMC8498485<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><a><\/a>Background and aims<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" id=\"p0005\">Cerebral amyloid angiopathy (CAA) is characterized by microangiopathy with increased susceptibility to hemorrhages. Some patients may develop an inflammatory form presenting with focal deficits, seizures and alterations of vigilance (CAA-related inflammation episodes-CAA-ri). To report on clinical and biological findings of a case of CAA-ri after COVID-19 Tozinameran vaccination.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><a><\/a>Methods<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" id=\"p0010\">CSF exam and brain MRI were done.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><a><\/a>Results<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" id=\"p0015\">A 77 year-old male with recent brain hemorrhage in an established probable CAA presented to ER for fever and confessional state 14&nbsp;days after Tozinameran first dose vaccination. Neurological examination found the patient alert, confused, with hypertonia and action tremor but no meningeal signs. Blood investigations revealed inflammation without microbiological findings. CSF study showed increased proteins, lymphocytic pleocytosis (122&nbsp;cells\/uL) and mirror pattern. CSF Beta42 amyloid level was reduced (158&nbsp;ng\/L), t-Tau level increased. ApoE haplotype resulted E3\/E4. The patient had refractory convulsive status epilepticus. MRI confirmed known subacute occipital hemorrhage, multiple microbleeds and occipito-parietal and frontal white matter vasogenic oedema. After a diagnosis of probable CAA-ri, high dose steroid therapy was started followed by clinical improvement and CSF normalization. Anti SARS CoV 2 antibodies were found in serum and CSF before and after steroid therapy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><a><\/a>Conclusions<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" id=\"p0020\">Following Tozinameran vaccine, a patient with probable CAA developed a systemic inflammation with neuroimaging signs of CAA-ri and persisting positive CSF anti-spike protein antibodies. We suggest that systemic inflammation evoked by anti-COVID vaccination may have induced CAA-ri in a patient with sub acute intracerebral hemorrhage. Cross-reaction of anti-spike antibodies with endothelial antigens in amyloid microangiopathy should be further studied.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Articles from Journal of the Neurological Sciences are provided here courtesy of&nbsp;<strong>Elsevier<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Francesco Rossato\u00a0a,\u00a0Gianmarco Gazzola\u00a0a,\u00a0Valentina Carlucci\u00a0a,\u00a0et. al. PMCID: PMC8498485 Background and aims Cerebral amyloid angiopathy (CAA) is characterized by microangiopathy with increased susceptibility to hemorrhages. 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