title: Granulomatous angiitis of the nervous system.
abstract: Granulomatous angiitis of the nervous system (GANS) refers to distinctive clinicopathologic disorders with the essential feature of granulomatous inflammation of cerebral and spinal vessels, accompanied by multinucleate giant cells and epithelioid cells. This article reviews and examines the clinical, laboratory, and neuropathologic findings of patients with granulomatous angiitis.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurology, College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University, New York, New York, USA.
authors.forename: D S
authors.initials: DS
authors.lastname: Younger
authors.forename: L H
authors.initials: LH
authors.lastname: Calabrese
authors.forename: A P
authors.initials: AP
authors.lastname: Hays
mesh_terms: D000305:Adrenal Cortex Hormones / Q000627:therapeutic use; D000328:Adult; D000477:Alkylating Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D001927:Brain Diseases / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000473:pathology*; D003520:Cyclophosphamide / Q000627:therapeutic use; D005260:Female; D006099:Granuloma / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D015899:Tomography, Emission-Computed, Single-Photon; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014657:Vasculitis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000473:pathology*
chemical_list: D000305:Adrenal Cortex Hormones; D000477:Alkylating Agents; D003520:Cyclophosphamide