title: Wegener's granulomatosis presenting as a primary seizure disorder with brain lesions demonstrated by magnetic resonance imaging.
abstract: Since the earliest attempt by Klinger in 1931 to describe the systemic vasculitis subsequently characterized in 1936 by Wegener as Wegener's granulomatosis, this disorder has been reported to present in a number of differing fashions. No previous description relates Wegener's presenting as a seizure disorder, and no reports of MRI of the brain in such patients exists. We relate such a case, along with MRI findings, prior to and after treatment, with a review of neurologic manifestations of the disorder.
authors.affiliation: Trident Regional Medical Center, Charleston, SC.
authors.forename: K S
authors.initials: KS
authors.lastname: Miller
authors.forename: J M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Miller
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001927:Brain Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D014890:Granulomatosis with Polyangiitis / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006801:Humans; D008171:Lung Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D012640:Seizures / Q000175:diagnosis*