Idiopathic hypertrophic cranial pachymeningitis

Journal of Clinical Neuroscience

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 465-469

  Rojana udomsart, Arada ^a   Pulkes, Teeratorn ^a   Viranuwatti, Kaseansom ^a   Laothamatas, Jiraporn ^b   Phudhichareonrat, Suchart ^b,c   Witoonpanich, Rawiphan ^a  

^a THAMMASAT UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^b MAHIDOL UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^c PRASAT NEUROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Cranial neuropathy; Headache; Hypertrophic pachymeningitis; Inflammatory process

Indexed keywords

AZATHIOPRINE; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; METHOTREXATE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; PREDNISONE;

ABDUCENS NERVE; ABDUCENS NERVE PARALYSIS; ADULT; ARTICLE; BIOPSY; BRAIN DAMAGE; CASE REPORT; CELL INFILTRATION; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIPLOPIA; DRUG SUBSTITUTION; DURA MATER; EYE MOVEMENT; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HEARING LOSS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IDIOPATHIC DISEASE; MALE; MENINGITIS; NEUROIMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PACHYMENINGITIS; PAPILLEDEMA; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCOTOMA; TINNITUS; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; CRANIAL NERVES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TUBERCULOSIS, MENINGEAL;

EID: 39749169611     PISSN: 09675868     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jocn.2006.11.020     Document Type: Article

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