Box 1.

Modified Boston criteria for possible cerebral amyloid angiopathy

  • Age ≥55 years.

  • Clinical data and magnetic resonance imaging or computed tomography demonstrating either:

    • single lobar, cortical or subcortical haemorrhage

    • focal or disseminated superficial haemosiderosis.

  • Absence of other cause of cerebral haemorrhage or superficial siderosis.