title: Meningeal involvement in Wegener's granulomatosis confirmed and monitored by positive circulating antineutrophil cytoplasm in cerebrospinal fluid.
abstract: MRI and CSF investigations revealed meningeal involvement in a 29-year-old patient with biopsy-confirmed Wegener's granulomatosis. The intracranial manifestation of Wegener's granulomatosis was supported by the detection of pathologic circulating antineutrophil cytoplasm (c-ANCA) in the CSF. We monitored disease activity by c-ANCA measurement in the CSF. After repeated cycles of intrathecal administration of methotrexate and corticoids, progression of meningeal infiltration stopped, and CSF c-ANCA titers became negative.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurology, University of Heidelberg, Germany.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Spranger
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Schwab
authors.forename: H M
authors.initials: HM
authors.lastname: Meinck
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Tischendorf
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Sis
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Breitbart
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Andrassy
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000906:Antibodies / Q000032:analysis; D019268:Antibodies, Antineutrophil Cytoplasmic / Q000134:cerebrospinal fluid*; D003907:Dexamethasone / Q000627:therapeutic use; D004359:Drug Therapy, Combination; D014890:Granulomatosis with Polyangiitis / Q000134:cerebrospinal fluid* / Q000276:immunology / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D008578:Meninges / Q000473:pathology*; D008727:Methotrexate / Q000627:therapeutic use; D008775:Methylprednisolone / Q000627:therapeutic use; D053146:Myeloblastin; D012697:Serine Endopeptidases / Q000276:immunology
chemical_list: D000906:Antibodies; D019268:Antibodies, Antineutrophil Cytoplasmic; D003907:Dexamethasone; D012697:Serine Endopeptidases; D053146:Myeloblastin; D008775:Methylprednisolone; D008727:Methotrexate