| Meningeal involvement in Wegener granulomatosis: case report and review of the literature. | |
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PMID: 23298504 Owner: NLM Status: In-Data-Review |
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Wegener Granulomatosis (WG) is a multisystem autoimmune disorder characterized by necrotizing granulomatous vasculitis that most commonly involves the upper respiratory tract, lungs, and kidneys. The involvement of the central nervous system (CNS) is infrequent and can cause stroke, cranial nerve abnormalities, cerebrovascular events, seizures, and meningeal involvement. Meningeal involvement is rare and may occur due to local vasculitis, directly spread from adjacent disease in the skull base, paranasal or orbital region. We describe the case of a 20-year-old Caucasian man who was diagnosed with sinonasal WG with frontal focal meningeal involvement. A literature review on diagnosis and treatment of meningeal involvement in course of WG was carried out. The importance of an early diagnosis and treatment of localized WG has been emphasized, in order to avoid the progression to a severe form of disease, especially in younger patients and in paucisymptomatic cases. |
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A Soriano; M Lo Vullo; M Casale; C C Quattrocchi; A Afeltra |
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Type: Journal Article |
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Title: International journal of immunopathology and pharmacology Volume: 25 ISSN: 0394-6320 ISO Abbreviation: Int J Immunopathol Pharmacol Publication Date: 2012 Oct-Dec |
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Created Date: 2013-01-09 Completed Date: - Revised Date: - |
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Nlm Unique ID: 8911335 Medline TA: Int J Immunopathol Pharmacol Country: Italy |
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Languages: eng Pagination: 1137-41 Citation Subset: IM |
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Department of Rheumatology and Clinical Medicine, Campus Bio-Medico University, Rome, Italy. |
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