Isolated angiitis of the central nervous system in childhood.
Isolated angiitis of the central nervous system, a rare inflammatory condition of the nervous system, characterized by vasculitis of the small vessels, has not, to the best of our knowledge, been described in childhood. It usually presents with a diversity of neurological symptoms in the fifth to eighth decades of life. We reviewed the case of an 8 year old male with autopsy proven isolated cerebral angiitis, to encourage the consideration of this disorder in children; and to emphasize the lack of sensitivity of present modalities of neurological investigation in the diagnosis.
Matsell
D G
DG
Department of Pediatrics, Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario, University of Ottawa, Canada.
Keene
D L
DL
Jimenez
C
C
Humphreys
P
P
D001927:Brain Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000503:physiopathology*; D002648:Child; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014657:Vasculitis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000503:physiopathology*