Haemorrhagic stroke and vasculitic-like cerebral angiography in a patient with eosinophilic fasciitis. Case report.
Cerebral vasculitis is an uncommon cause of haemorrhagic stroke. A case of intracerebral haemorrhage in a patient with eosinophilic fasciitis, a rare scleroderma-like connective tissue disease, with a possible inflammatory involvement of cerebral vessels is reported. Pathogenetic mechanism of such association and diagnostic controversies are reviewed.
Cecchi
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Operative Unit of Neurosurgery, Hospital of Bolzano, Italy. cecchi.pc@libero.it
Caramaschi
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Pinna
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Schwarz
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Bricolo
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D000368:Aged; D020520:Brain Infarction / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000209:etiology; D002533:Cerebral Angiography; D002543:Cerebral Hemorrhage / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000209:etiology; D004802:Eosinophilia / Q000150:complications*; D005208:Fasciitis / Q000150:complications*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed