Idiopathic hypertrophic cranial pachymeningitis successfully treated with weekly subcutaneous methotrexate

Acta Neurochirurgica

Volumn 148, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 1011-1014

  Ruiz Sandoval, J L ^a,b   Bernard Medina, G ^a   Ramos Gomez E J ^a   Romero Vargas, S ^a   Gutierrez Urena S ^a   Gonzalez Cornejo S ^a   Chiquete, E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUADALAJARA   (Mexico)

^b HOSPITAL CIVIL DE GUADALAJARA FRAY ANTONIO ALCALDE   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Dura mater; Headache; Inflammation; Methotrexate; Pachymeningitis

Indexed keywords

GADOLINIUM; METHOTREXATE; STEROID;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID CYTOLOGY; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DRUG DOSE REGIMEN; DRUG SAFETY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; IDIOPATHIC DISEASE; LABORATORY TEST; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIODIAGNOSIS; REMISSION; SUBDURAL HEMATOMA;

CEREBELLAR DISEASES; CRANIAL NERVE DISEASES; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DRUG ADMINISTRATION SCHEDULE; DURA MATER; FEMALE; HEADACHE DISORDERS; HUMANS; HYPERTROPHY; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MENINGITIS; METHOTREXATE; MIDDLE AGED; REMISSION INDUCTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33748355397     PISSN: 00016268     EISSN: 09420940     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00701-006-0775-8     Document Type: Article

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