Spontaneous resolution of hypertrophic cranial pachymeningitis.
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.
Nishio
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Department of Neurosurgery, Faculty of Medicine, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan.
Morioka
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T
Togawa
A
A
Yanase
T
T
Nawata
H
H
Fukui
M
M
Hasuo
K
K
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