[Cerebral angiitis caused by periarteritis nodosa].
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.
Fourcade
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Service de Neurologie A et Maladies Neurovasculaires, CHU Gui-de-Chauliac, 80, avenue Fliche, 34295 Montpellier Cedex 5, France.
Lequellec
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Blard
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Pagès
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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*