| Autor: |
Awad, Amer M., Stevenson, Mathew |
| Jazyk: |
angličtina |
| Rok vydání: |
2011 |
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| Zdroj: |
Case Reports in Neurological Medicine. |
| ISSN: |
2090-6668 |
| DOI: |
10.1155/2011/495201 |
| Popis: |
We describe the case of a young woman who was referred to a tertiary care center with unexplained subacute progressive encephalopathy preceded by long-standing severe headaches. Her extensive workup was remarkable for abnormal intracranial angiography suggestive of small- and medium-vessel vasculitis, persistently elevated protein in the cerebrospinal fluid and persistently high titers of antiribonuclear protein antibody. The patient showed a modest response to intravenous high-dose steroids. We propose that the patient's neurologic disease is secondary to immune-mediated central nervous system vasculitis, possibly as an initial manifestation of mixed connective tissue disease. |
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