A case of idiopathic hypertrophic cranial pachymeningitis manifested only by positive rheumatoid factor and abnormal findings of the anterior falx

Rheumatology International

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 230-233

  Kanemoto, Motoko ^a   Ota, Yasuhiro ^b   Karahashi, Taro ^a   Nozue, Norio ^a  

^a FUJIEDA MUNICIPAL GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b HAMAMATSU UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Gallium scintigraphy; Hypertrophic pachymeningitis; Magnet resonance imaging; Rheumatoid factor

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CORTICOSTEROID; GALLIUM; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; RHEUMATOID FACTOR; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; DIAGNOSTIC AGENT; PREDNISOLONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATAXIA; BRAIN BIOPSY; BRAIN DISEASE; BRAIN REGION; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CRANIAL NERVE PARALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; HEADACHE; HUMAN; HYPERTROPHIC MENINGITIS; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCINTIGRAPHY; BLOOD; CRANIAL SINUS; DURA MATER; FOLLOW UP; HOSPITALIZATION; HYPERTROPHY; MENINGITIS; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCINTISCANNING; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; C-REACTIVE PROTEIN; CRANIAL SINUSES; DURA MATER; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GALLIUM; HUMANS; HYPERTROPHY; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MENINGITIS; MIDDLE AGED; PREDNISOLONE; RHEUMATOID FACTOR; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 17744384918     PISSN: 01728172     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00296-004-0482-9     Document Type: Article

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