Hypertrophic pachymeningitis and undifferentiated connective tissue disease: A case report and review of the literature

Clinical Rheumatology

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 399-401

  Lampropoulos, Christos E ^a   Zain, Mollyza ^a   Jan, Wajanat ^a   Nader Sepahi, Ali ^b   Sabin, Ian H ^b   D' Cruz, David P ^a  

^a ST THOMAS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL LONDON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Connective tissue diseases; Hypertrophic pachymeningitis

Indexed keywords

ANTINUCLEAR ANTIBODY; AZATHIOPRINE; DEXAMETHASONE; GADOLINIUM; PREDNISOLONE; RHEUMATOID FACTOR;

ADULT; BRAIN DECOMPRESSION; BRAIN VENTRICLE DILATATION; BRAIN VENTRICLE PERITONEUM SHUNT; CASE REPORT; CERVICAL SPONDYLOSIS; COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONNECTIVE TISSUE DISEASE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; HEADACHE; HUMAN; HYPERTROPHY; JOINT EFFUSION; LAMINECTOMY; LIVEDO RETICULARIS; MALE; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MENINGEAL BIOPSY; MENINGITIS; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NOSE POLYP; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SCHIRMER TEST; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

AZATHIOPRINE; BRAIN; CONNECTIVE TISSUE DISEASES; DECOMPRESSION, SURGICAL; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HUMANS; HYPERTROPHY; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MENINGITIS; MIDDLE AGED; PREDNISOLONE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33645789555     PISSN: 07703198     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10067-005-0018-z     Document Type: Review

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