Intrathecal rituximab for IgG4-related hypertrophic pachymeningitis

J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry. 2018 Apr;89(4):441-444. doi: 10.1136/jnnp-2017-316519. Epub 2017 Aug 17.
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Keywords: IgG4 - IgG4-related disease – Pachymeningitis – Rituximab - Intrathecal.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Letter
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Atrophy
  • Humans
  • Immunoglobulin G4-Related Disease / diagnostic imaging
  • Immunoglobulin G4-Related Disease / drug therapy*
  • Immunologic Factors / therapeutic use*
  • Infusions, Spinal
  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging
  • Meninges / diagnostic imaging
  • Meningitis / diagnostic imaging
  • Meningitis / drug therapy*
  • Optic Nerve / diagnostic imaging
  • Optic Nerve / pathology
  • Optic Neuritis / diagnostic imaging
  • Optic Neuritis / drug therapy*
  • Rituximab / therapeutic use*
  • Tomography, Optical Coherence
  • Visual Field Tests
  • White Matter / diagnostic imaging
  • Young Adult

Substances

  • Immunologic Factors
  • Rituximab