A case of rare inflammatory brainstem syndrome: Chronic lymphocytic inflammation with pontine perivascular enhancement responsive to steroids
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clippers: chronic lymphocytic inflammation with pontine perivascular enhancement responsive to steroids
a novel type of brainstem-predominant encephalomyelitis was first described as chronic lymphocytic inflammation with pontine perivascular enhancement responsive to steroids (clippers) in 2010 by pittocket al and then few additional patients were reported. here we report a 50-year-old iranian male who presented with a number of clinical features described as typical for clippers. the association...
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Chronic lymphocytic inflammation with pontine perivascular enhancement responsive to steroids (CLIPPERS) has been recently identified as an inflammatory central nervous system (CNS) disorder. Punctate and curvilinear gadolinium enhancement (peppering) the pons is a characteristic magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) feature of CLIPPERS. Pathogenesis of this disorder remains unknown. A specific seru...
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1 Department of Neurology, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, Rochester, MN 55905, USA 2 Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, Rochester, MN 55905, USA 3 Department of Neurology, Ghent University Hospital, Ghent, B.9000, Belgium 4 Department of Radiology, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, Rochester, MN 55905, USA 5 Department of Neurology, Mayo Clinic Co...
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عنوان ژورنال: Annals of Indian Academy of Neurology
سال: 2019
ISSN: 0972-2327
DOI: 10.4103/aian.aian_370_18