Chronic lymphocytic inflammation with pontine perivascular enhancement responsive to steroids (CLIPPERS): postmortem findings

J Neuropathol Exp Neurol. 2015 Feb;74(2):186-90. doi: 10.1097/NEN.0000000000000162.

Authors

Isabel Moreira¹, Catarina Cruto, Carlos Correia, José Eduardo Alves, Ricardo Taipa, Manuel Melo Pires

Affiliation

¹ Department of Neurology, Hospital de Santo António, Centro Hospitalar do Porto, Porto, Portugal. Department of Neuroradiology, Hospital de Santo António, Centro Hospitalar do Porto, Porto, Portugal. Department of Neuropathology, Hospital de Santo António, Centro Hospitalar do Porto, Porto, Portugal rtaipa.neuropat@chporto.min-saude.pt.

PMID: 25575138
DOI: 10.1097/NEN.0000000000000162

No abstract available

Publication types

Case Reports
Letter

MeSH terms

Aged
Antigens, CD / metabolism
Autopsy
Central Nervous System Diseases / complications
Central Nervous System Diseases / drug therapy*
Female
Glial Fibrillary Acidic Protein / metabolism
Humans
Inflammation / complications
Inflammation / drug therapy*
Intermediate Filaments / metabolism
Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Pons / pathology*
Steroids / therapeutic use*
T-Lymphocytes* / pathology

Substances

Antigens, CD
Glial Fibrillary Acidic Protein
Steroids