[en] A case of idiopathic hypertrophic cranial pachymeningitis with an unusual and misleading manifestation is reported. Computed tomography scan, angiographic and magnetic resonance imaging findings were suggestive of multiple meningeal neoplasms and a correct diagnosis was made only after meningeal biopsy. This 44-year-old patient had a previous history of an ill-defined systemic disorder associating episcleritis, erythroderma nodosa and multiple peripheral arthritis. We review previous reports of idiopathic cranial pachymeningitis with emphasis on radiological investigation techniques, histopathology and possible dysimmune mechanisms of pathogenesis.
Disciplines :
Neurology
Author, co-author :
Deprez, Manuel ; Université de Liège - ULiège > Département des sciences biomédicales et précliniques > Anatomie et cytologie pathologiques
Born, Jacques; CHR, Liège, Belgium > Department of Neurosurgery
Hauwaert, Cécile ; Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Liège - CHU > Rhumatologie
Otto, Bernard ; Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Liège - CHU > Imagerie médicale
Reznik, Michel ; Université de Liège - ULiège > Services généraux (Faculté de médecine) > Relations académiques et scientifiques (Médecine)
Language :
English
Title :
Idiopathic hypertrophic cranial pachymeningitis mimicking multiple meningiomas: case report and review of the literature.
Publication date :
1997
Journal title :
Acta Neuropathologica
ISSN :
0001-6322
eISSN :
1432-0533
Publisher :
Springer Verlag, New York, United States - New York
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