A Case of Microscopic Polyangiitis showing Subdural Effusion and Dural Inflammation.
- Author:
Min Kyung CHU
1
;
Soo Ki MIN
;
Kyung Ho YU
;
Hyeo Il MA
;
Yun Joong KIM
;
Joo Yong KIM
;
Sung Hee YUN
;
Cheol Ho KIM
;
Byung Cheol LEE
Author Information
1. Department of Neurology, Hallym University College of Medicine, Anyang, Korea. ssbrain@hallym.ac.kr
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords:
Microscopic polyangiitis;
Subdural effusion;
Pachymeningitis
- MeSH:
Antibodies, Antineutrophil Cytoplasmic;
Biopsy;
Central Nervous System;
Diagnosis;
Exudates and Transudates;
Female;
Hematuria;
Humans;
Inflammation*;
Meningitis;
Microscopic Polyangiitis*;
Middle Aged;
Mononeuropathies;
Subdural Effusion*
- From:Journal of the Korean Neurological Association
2005;23(6):814-816
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
Microcopic polyangiitis (MPA) is a systemic disorder affecting small vessels. In MPA, the central nervous system involvements have rarely been reported. We experienced a case of MPA with subdural effusion and pachymeningitis in a 50-year-old woman. The diagnosis of MPA was made by the presence of mononeuritis multiplex, hematuria, pachymeningitis, and p-ANCA seropositivity in this patient. Subdural effusion was of exudates and an active suppurative inflammation was observed on the dural biopsy.
