Rheumatoid Factor Positive Hypertrophic Cranial Pachymeningitis in Association with Hypopituitarism and Multiple Cranial Nerve Palsies.
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Rheumatoid factor positive hypertrophic cranial pachymeningitis in association with hypopituitarism and multiple cranial nerve palsies.
This is the first report of a patient presenting with rheumatoid factor (RF) positive hypertrophic cranial pachymeningitis (HCP) in association with hypopituitarism and multiple cranial nerve palsies. Our patient developed palsies of the left II and III, bilateral VI and VII, and right IX, X, and XII cranial nerves. A stimulation test showed hypopituitarism due to hypothalamic failure. The pati...
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عنوان ژورنال: Internal Medicine
سال: 2001
ISSN: 0918-2918,1349-7235
DOI: 10.2169/internalmedicine.40.964