title: Focal hypertrophic pachymeningitis in association with temporal arteritis.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Kliniken der Stadt Koeln, Krankenhaus Merheim, Neurology, Cologne, Germany.
authors.forename: Jens
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Kuhn
authors.forename: Andreas
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Harzheim
authors.forename: Michael
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Brockmann
authors.forename: Déirdre
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Mahkorn
authors.forename: Heiko
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Bewermeyer
mesh_terms: 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