title: Idiopathic hypertrophic cranial pachymeningitis presenting as acute painless visual loss.
authors.affiliation: Royal London Hospital, London, E1 1BB, UK. rashmi.mathew22@googlemail.com
authors.forename: Rashmi G
authors.initials: RG
authors.lastname: Mathew
authors.forename: Kieran M
authors.initials: KM
authors.lastname: Hogarth
authors.forename: Andrew
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Coombes
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease; D001766:Blindness / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy; D003392:Cranial Sinuses / Q000473:pathology*; D058447:Eye Pain / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy; D005260:Female; D005938:Glucocorticoids / Q000627:therapeutic use; D006261:Headache / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy; D006801:Humans; D006984:Hypertrophy; D007166:Immunosuppressive Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008581:Meningitis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy; D008727:Methotrexate / Q000627:therapeutic use; D008875:Middle Aged; D011239:Prednisolone / Q000627:therapeutic use; D014792:Visual Acuity
chemical_list: D005938:Glucocorticoids; D007166:Immunosuppressive Agents; D011239:Prednisolone; D008727:Methotrexate