title: [Pachymeningitis associated with probable Horton's disease: a case report].
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Horton's disease is the most common vasculitis of elder people. Several neurological complications are reported, but pachymeningitis is exceptional.
  
  
  METHODS
  A 71-year-old patient who presented headache, hyperesthesia of the scalp, weight loss with a biological inflammatory syndrome and meningeal thickening on MRI. The diagnosis of pachymeningitis related to Horton's disease was retained. The patient was treated by corticosteroids with a good clinical, biological and radiological course after 22 months.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Horton's disease is a potential diagnosis in elderly persons with pachymeningitis and inflammatory syndrome.
authors.affiliation: Service de neurologie B et de neurogénitique, Rabat institut, hôpital des Spécialités, BP 6402, Rabat, Maroc. elaitbenha@yahoo.fr
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Ait Benhaddou
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Zinebi
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Elhassani
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Raissouni
authors.forename: M R
authors.initials: MR
authors.lastname: Elhassani
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Benomar
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Yahyaoui
mesh_terms: D000305:Adrenal Cortex Hormones / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D000368:Aged; D004388:Dura Mater / Q000473:pathology; D005260:Female; D013700:Giant Cell Arteritis / Q000150:complications* / Q000188:drug therapy; D006261:Headache / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D006941:Hyperesthesia / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000209:etiology; D007249:Inflammation / Q000473:pathology; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008578:Meninges / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000187:drug effects / Q000473:pathology; D008581:Meningitis / Q000209:etiology; D012535:Scalp / Q000503:physiopathology
chemical_list: D000305:Adrenal Cortex Hormones