Hypertrophic pachymeningitis and cerebral venous thrombosis in myeloperoxidase-ANCA associated vasculitis

BMJ Case Rep. 2019 Jan 10;12(1):bcr-2018-226780. doi: 10.1136/bcr-2018-226780.

Authors

Vincenzo Di Stefano¹, Fedele Dono¹, Maria Vittoria De Angelis², Marco Onofrj¹

Affiliations

¹ Department of Neuroscience, Imaging and Clinical Sciences, "G. d'Annunzio" University, Chieti, Italy.
² Department of Neurology, "SS Annunziata" Hospital, Chieti, Italy.

No abstract available

Keywords: headache (including migraines); meningitis; neuroimaging; neurootology; vasculitis.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Anti-Neutrophil Cytoplasmic Antibody-Associated Vasculitis / diagnosis*
Anti-Neutrophil Cytoplasmic Antibody-Associated Vasculitis / drug therapy
Anti-Neutrophil Cytoplasmic Antibody-Associated Vasculitis / immunology
Anti-Neutrophil Cytoplasmic Antibody-Associated Vasculitis / physiopathology
Antibodies, Antineutrophil Cytoplasmic / immunology*
Biomarkers / metabolism
Female
Headache / etiology
Humans
Intracranial Thrombosis / diagnosis*
Intracranial Thrombosis / physiopathology
Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Meningitis / diagnosis*
Meningitis / drug therapy
Meningitis / immunology
Meningitis / physiopathology
Middle Aged
Peroxidase / immunology*
Prednisolone / therapeutic use*
Treatment Outcome

Substances

Antibodies, Antineutrophil Cytoplasmic
Biomarkers
Prednisolone
Peroxidase