Seizures due to central nervous system rheumatoid meningovasculitis.
A patient with rheumatoid arthritis and seizures had rheumatoid meningovasculitis on brain biopsy. Infection was excluded as a cause of the seizures and cerebrospinal fluid abnormalities, which resolved with corticosteroids and azathioprine therapy.
D001172:Arthritis, Rheumatoid / Q000150:complications; D001927:Brain Diseases / Q000150:complications; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008580:Meningism / Q000150:complications*; D008875:Middle Aged; D012218:Rheumatoid Nodule / Q000150:complications*; D012640:Seizures / Q000209:etiology*; D014657:Vasculitis / Q000150:complications*