Rheumatoid disease with involvement of the leptomeninges presenting as symptomatic epilepsy.
A case of rheumatoid disease with localised granulomatous involvement of the leptomeninges is described. This meningeal disease apparently caused a symptomatic epilepsy. This is thought to be only the second reported case of rheumatoid granulomatous involvement of the leptomeninges.
D000368:Aged; D001172:Arthritis, Rheumatoid / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D001344:Autopsy; D002493:Central Nervous System Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004827:Epilepsy / Q000175:diagnosis*; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D013346:Subarachnoid Space / Q000473:pathology*