title: Spontaneous resolution of hypertrophic cranial pachymeningitis.
abstract: A 36-year-old woman presented suffering from severe headache and diploia. Magnetic resonance imaging showed a diffuse thickening of the cranial dura mater which was enhanced by gadolinium-DTPA. Two months later, an improvement of the clinical symptoms and a spontaneous resolution of the dural thickening were noted. Hypertrophic cranial pachymeningitis and other diseases causing diffuse dural thickening are discussed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurosurgery, Faculty of Medicine, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Nishio
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Morioka
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Togawa
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Yanase
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Nawata
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Fukui
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Hasuo
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D004388:Dura Mater / Q000473:pathology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006984:Hypertrophy / Q000209:etiology; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008581:Meningitis / Q000150:complications*; D012075:Remission, Spontaneous