title: Primary cerebral angitis of the central nervous system: case report.
abstract: We report a case of a 28 year old female who presented with variedly progressive stroke like illness and raised intracranial pressure. Brain MRI scans revealed pericallosal and periventricular hyperintensities with oedema. Various medications like intravenous immunoglobulin, antibiotics, acyclovir, methyl prednisolone and management for raised intracranial pressure were instituted. She rapidly deteroriated and died on tenth hospital day. Only at autopsy was the diagnosis of primary angitis of central nervous system established.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, Aga Khan University Hospital, Nairobi, P.O. Box 30270-00100, Nairobi, Kenya.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Das
authors.forename: J O
authors.initials: JO
authors.lastname: Jowi
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Hameed
authors.forename: F S
authors.initials: FS
authors.lastname: Rana
mesh_terms: D000212:Acyclovir / Q000008:administration & dosage; D000328:Adult; D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000008:administration & dosage; D001344:Autopsy; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D016756:Immunoglobulins, Intravenous / Q000008:administration & dosage; D019586:Intracranial Hypertension / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008775:Methylprednisolone / Q000008:administration & dosage; D020293:Vasculitis, Central Nervous System / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology / Q000628:therapy
chemical_list: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents; D016756:Immunoglobulins, Intravenous; D000212:Acyclovir; D008775:Methylprednisolone