Idiopathic hypertrophic pachymeningitis mimicking neurosarcoidosis

Clin Neurol Neurosurg. 2012 Feb;114(2):176-8. doi: 10.1016/j.clineuro.2011.10.011. Epub 2011 Nov 8.

Authors

Panos G Christakis¹, Duarte G Machado, Pooia Fattahi

Affiliation

¹ Yale School of Medicine, 367 Cedar Street, New Haven, CT 06511, USA. Panos.Christakis@yale.edu

PMID: 22071202
DOI: 10.1016/j.clineuro.2011.10.011

No abstract available

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Anti-Inflammatory Agents, Non-Steroidal / therapeutic use
Biopsy
Central Nervous System Diseases / diagnosis
Central Nervous System Diseases / pathology*
Cranial Nerve Diseases / diagnosis
Cranial Nerve Diseases / pathology*
Diagnosis, Differential
Dura Mater / pathology
Female
Hearing Loss / etiology
Humans
Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Meningitis / diagnosis
Meningitis / pathology*
Middle Aged
Prednisone / therapeutic use
Sarcoidosis / diagnosis
Sarcoidosis / pathology*
Tinnitus / etiology
Tomography, X-Ray Computed

Substances

Anti-Inflammatory Agents, Non-Steroidal
Prednisone

Supplementary concepts

Neurosarcoidosis