title: [Cerebral angiitis caused by periarteritis nodosa].
abstract: BACKGROUND
  We report a case of periarteritis nodosa revealed by a cerebral angiitis which recovered under treatment.
  
  
  METHODS
  A 52-year-old patient suddenly presented with a left sensory syndrome and a fluctuating aphasia due to ischemia involving both parietal lobes. The diagnosis of periarteritis nodosa was based on the following criteria: severe loss of weight, renal insufficiency, hypertension, angiography suggesting an arteritis. Instead of an ileo-cecal perforation, the patient recovered under corticosteroid and immunosuppressive therapy.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Stroke in periarteritis nodosa may occur early be and associated with a good outcome.
authors.affiliation: Service de Neurologie A et Maladies Neurovasculaires, CHU Gui-de-Chauliac, 80, avenue Fliche, 34295 Montpellier Cedex 5, France.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Fourcade
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Lequellec
authors.forename: J-M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Blard
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Pagès
mesh_terms: D001037:Aphasia / Q000209:etiology; D002545:Brain Ischemia / Q000209:etiology; D002533:Cerebral Angiography; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010488:Polyarteritis Nodosa / Q000150:complications*; D020293:Vasculitis, Central Nervous System / Q000209:etiology*