Focal hypertrophic pachymeningitis in association with temporal arteritis.
We present an extremely rare case of a patient with focal hypertrophic pachymeningitis in association with histologically proven temporal arteritis (giant cell arteritis). It is proposed that focal hypertrophic pachymeningitis in itself is the contributing factor to severe headache rather than temporal arteritis alone.
Kuhn
Jens
J
Kliniken der Stadt Koeln, Krankenhaus Merheim, Neurology, Cologne, Germany.
Harzheim
Andreas
A
Brockmann
Michael
M
Mahkorn
Déirdre
D
Bewermeyer
Heiko
H
D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D004388:Dura Mater / Q000473:pathology*; D005260:Female; D013700:Giant Cell Arteritis / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology; D006261:Headache / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D006984:Hypertrophy; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008581:Meningitis / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology