title: Polyarteritis nodosa with central nervous system involvement mimicking relapsing-remitting multiple sclerosis.
abstract: We report a patient with polyarteritis nodosa (PN) who showed frequent episodes of acute-onset central nervous system (CNS) involvement mimicking relapsing-remitting multiple sclerosis (MS) for 22 years. Long-term use of oral prednisolone successfully avoided recurrence of neurological symptoms. PN can sometimes affect the CNS, and is an important item in the differential diagnosis of neurological manifestations with lesion dissemination in time and space, as seen in MS.
authors: Department of Medicine (Neurology and Rheumatology), Shinshu University School of Medicine , Matsumoto , Japan.
authors: Ken-ichi
authors: K
authors: Ueno
authors: Akira
authors: A
authors: Matsushima
authors: Akiyo
authors: A
authors: Hineno
authors: Kazuhiro
authors: K
authors: Fukushima
authors: Ko-ichi
authors: K
authors: Tazawa
authors: Masayuki
authors: M
authors: Matsuda
authors: Shu-ichi
authors: S
authors: Ikeda
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001921:Brain / Q000473:pathology; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D020529:Multiple Sclerosis, Relapsing-Remitting / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D010488:Polyarteritis Nodosa / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D066127:White Matter / Q000473:pathology