Focal hypertrophic cranial pachymeningitis associated with temporal arteritis: A new case report

• Published in: Journal of neurology Vol. 250; no. 1; pp. 98 - 100
• Main Authors: MARANO, Enrico, D'ARMIENTO, Francesco Paolo, SCARANO, Valentina, TORTORA, Fabio, MIGNOGNA, Chiara, BRIGANTI, Francesco
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin Springer 2003; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: Aged; Biological and medical sciences; Brain - pathology; Cerebrospinal fluid. Meninges. Spinal cord; Churg-Strauss Syndrome - pathology; Diagnosis, Differential; Female; Giant Cell Arteritis - complications; Giant Cell Arteritis - diagnostic imaging; Giant Cell Arteritis - pathology; Giant Cell Arteritis - physiopathology; Granulomatosis with Polyangiitis - pathology; Headache - etiology; Humans; Magnetic Resonance Imaging; Medical sciences; Meningitis - diagnostic imaging; Meningitis - etiology; Meningitis - pathology; Meningitis - physiopathology; Nervous system (semeiology, syndromes); Neurology; Radiography; Sarcoidosis - pathology; Sarcoidosis. Granulomatous diseases of unproved etiology. Connective tissue diseases. Elastic tissue diseases. Vasculitis; Temporal Arteries - pathology; Human; Nervous system diseases; Cardiovascular disease; Nuclear magnetic resonance imaging; Cerebral disorder; Arteritis; Arterial disease; Vascular disease; Case study; Temporal artery; Concomitant disease; Vasculitis; Pachymeningitis; Systemic disease; Central nervous system disease; Medical imagery; Female; Giant cell arteritis; Diagnosis; Elderly; Cerebrovascular disease; Localized; Hypertrophy
• ISSN: 0340-5354; 1432-1459
• DOI: 10.1007/s00415-003-0914-6