Granulomatous angiitis of the nervous system first seen as relapsing myelopathy.
A previously healthy 19-year-old man with a painful, relapsing myelopathy died of a cerebral hemorrhage. At autopsy he was found to have granulomatous angiitis of the nervous system (GANS). This particular case of GANS is distinctive and has been reported on two previous occasions.
D000328:Adult; D001479:Basal Ganglia / Q000473:pathology; D001921:Brain / Q000098:blood supply; D002536:Cerebral Arteries / Q000473:pathology; D002543:Cerebral Hemorrhage / Q000473:pathology; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006099:Granuloma / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009046:Motor Neurons / Q000648:ultrastructure; D013116:Spinal Cord / Q000098:blood supply / Q000473:pathology; D013118:Spinal Cord Diseases / Q000473:pathology*; D014657:Vasculitis / Q000473:pathology*; D014680:Veins / Q000473:pathology