Chronic Idiopathic Meningitis.
- Author:
Jong Su YE
1
;
Myung Jun KIM
;
Sang Jin KIM
;
Jong Hwan KIM
;
Oeung Kyu KIM
;
Kyoung HUR
;
Hyo Kun CHO
Author Information
1. Department of Neurology, Inje University College Medicine.
- Publication Type:Case Report
- MeSH:
Cranial Nerve Diseases;
Fever;
Fibrosis;
Headache;
Humans;
Magnetic Resonance Imaging;
Meninges;
Meningitis*
- From:Journal of the Korean Neurological Association
1996;14(3):842-847
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
We report three patients with chronic idiopathic meningitis in whom clinical feature were headache, fever, cranial nerve palsies or CSF showed inflammatory changes. Two patients showed diffuse thickening and enhancement of meninges on CT and MRI, had biopsy-proven intracranial pachymeningitis (diffuse fibrosis with inflammatory cells). In the other patient, MRI and CT showed normal findings. Two patients including one with idiopathic hypertrophic intracranial pachymeningitis improved with corticosteroid and immunosuppressant, while one patient did with lumboperitoneal shunt.
