Granulomatous Angiitis of the Spinal Cord
| Autor: | Thomas A. Eskin, Mark A. Giovanini, S K Mukherji, J P Mickle |
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| Rok vydání: | 1994 |
| Předmět: |
Pathology
medicine.medical_specialty Open biopsy medicine.diagnostic_test Vascular disease business.industry Magnetic resonance imaging medicine.disease Spinal cord Lesion Central nervous system disease medicine.anatomical_structure Biopsy medicine Enhancing Lesion Surgery Neurology (clinical) medicine.symptom business |
| Zdroj: | Neurosurgery. 34:540-543 |
| ISSN: | 1524-4040 0148-396X |
| DOI: | 10.1227/00006123-199403000-00025 |
| Popis: | A 12-year-old caucasian boy presented with a thoracic myelopathy. Magnetic resonance T1-weighted images revealed an enhancing lesion infiltrating the lower thoracic spinal cord to the level of the conus. Evaluation of the lesion by open biopsy revealed granulomatous angiitis of the spinal cord. Granulomatous angiitis is a rare vasculitic process that typically involves the brain and, less frequently, the spinal cord. Diagnosis must be established early by histopathological examination so that treatment with corticosteroids and/or cytotoxic agents may be instituted. When left untreated, patients with granulomatous angiitis of the spinal cord have developed fatal intracranial manifestations. |
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