Central nervous system vasculitis.

A Case Report of Primary Angiitis of the Central Nervous System

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE: Primary angiitis of the central nervous system (PACNS) is an inflammatory vasculitis with very low frequency and prevalence. It is not clear why the inflammatory process of this disease is limited to cerebrovascular disease without systemic manifestations. A case of primary angiitis of the central nervous system with cerebrovascular manifestations is reported here.  C...

Scleroderma and central nervous system vasculitis.

We describe a patient with scleroderma (CREST syndrome) and central nervous system vasculitis. While angiography demonstrated segmental symmetrical arterial narrowing characteristic of vasculitis, results of leptomeningeal biopsy were normal. There was no evidence of systemic vasculitis, renal failure, or malignant hypertension previously thought to be required to explain central nervous system...

Vasculitis in a dog resembling isolated angiitis of the central nervous system in humans.

An 1-year-old dog succumbed to a seizure disorder of 18 days duration. At necropsy, an area of hemorrhage and discolored parenchyma was identified in the left pyriform lobe of the brain. Microscopic examination revealed a localized, necrotizing vasculitis with associated cerebral necrosis. Vasculitis was not present in other organs. This presentation is consistent with isolated central nervous ...

Ephedrine-induced intracerebral hemorrhage and central nervous system vasculitis.

Central Nervous System Vasculitis Complicating Rheumatoid Arthritis in a Patient on a TNF Inhibitor: a Causal Association? Case Report and Systematic Review

Primary Angiitis of the Central Nervous System (PACNS) is a rare disease that causes inflammation and destruction of the vessels within the CNS without evidence of a systemic vasculitis process. There is little known about the etiology of this disease entity but there are a limited number of case reports of CNS vasculitis being associated with biologic therapies in particular TNF antagonists [1...

Vessel wall MRI to differentiate between reversible cerebral vasoconstriction syndrome and central nervous system vasculitis: preliminary results.

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE Prospective differentiation between reversible cerebral vasoconstriction syndrome and central nervous system vasculitis can be challenging. We hypothesized that high-resolution vessel wall MRI would demonstrate arterial wall enhancement in central nervous system vasculitis but not in reversible cerebral vasoconstriction syndrome. METHODS We identified all patients with ...