title: [Chronic hypertrophic pachymeningitis: 2 clinical cases are presented].
abstract: Chronic hypertrophic pachymeningitis is an inflammatory process of unknown aetiology characterised by a thickening of the dura mater causing pseudotumoural growth. Clinical manifestations are usually secondary to compression of adjacent neurological structures but may be also secondary to inflammatory processes. Diagnosis is mainly obtained by excluding infectious, neoplastic and autoimmune causes. Nowadays, steroid treatment is the most commonly used therapy. Two clinical cases of hypertrophic pachymeningitis are presented which were treated by surgery without any additional treatment and with good clinical and radiological development.
authors.affiliation: Servicio de Neurocirugía, Hospital Universitario Nuestra Señora de la Candelaria, Santa Cruz, Tenerife, España. Electronic address: yanire.sm@hotmail.com.
authors.forename: Yanire
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Sánchez Medina
authors.forename: Angel
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Triana Pérez
authors.forename: Jaime
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Domínguez Baez
authors.forename: Luis Francisco
authors.initials: LF
authors.lastname: Gómez Perals
authors.forename: Pedro Antonio
authors.initials: PA
authors.lastname: Pérez del Rosario
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001929:Brain Edema / Q000209:etiology; D002908:Chronic Disease; D003399:Craniotomy; D004388:Dura Mater / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D004828:Epilepsies, Partial / Q000209:etiology; D005260:Female; D006261:Headache / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D006984:Hypertrophy; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D008581:Meningitis / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D008875:Middle Aged; D012074:Remission Induction; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed