Title
Hypertrophic pachymeningitis in a patient with ANCA negative granulomatosis with polyangiitis: A case report
Other title
[Paquimeningitis hipertrófica en un paciente con granulomatosis con poliangeítis ANCA negativo: reporte de un caso]
Date Issued
01 October 2020
Access level
metadata only access
Resource Type
journal article
Author(s)
Publisher(s)
Asociacion Colombiana de Reumatologia
Abstract
Granulomatosis with polyangiitis (GPA) is a vasculitic disease with an infrequent involvement of the central nervous system. This can lead, in rare cases, to hypertrophic pachymeningitis (HP), which is characterized by inflammation and fibrosis that cause a thickening of dura mater. At present, it is crucial to consider GPA in the differential diagnosis of elderly patients with intracranial hypertension. The case is presented of a 60-year-old male with progressive severe headache, vomiting, and wasting syndrome. Physical examination showed pallor, weight loss, and unilateral papilloedema. A gadolinium-enhanced brain MRI scan showed sinusitis, chronic otomastoiditis, and hypertrophic pachymeningitis. Finally, a meningeal biopsy concluded a necrotising granulomatous vasculitis compatible with GPA. However, PR3- and MPO-ANCA were negative. After corticosteroid therapy was initiated, the patient had a favorable outcome during his hospital stay.
Start page
291
End page
297
Volume
27
Issue
4
Language
English
OCDE Knowledge area
Neurología clínica
Reumatología
Subjects
Scopus EID
2-s2.0-85081680945
Source
Revista Colombiana de Reumatologia
ISSN of the container
01218123
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