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Primary cerebrospinal fluid leak complicated with meningitis and parainfectious vasculitis: case report and literature review

Rev. bras. neurol; 56 (1), 2020
This paper aims to describe a case of an immunocompetent 60-year-old patient presenting a subarachnoid hemorrhage in the absence of aneurysmal disease. Initial evaluation pointed to vasculitis of the central nervous system secondary to meningeal infection. After initial treatment, a cerebrospinal fluid l...

Vasculitis primaria del sistema nervioso central: presentación de caso clínico

La vasculitis Primaria del Sistema Nervioso Central (VPSNC) se refiere a un grupo de enfermedades que resultan de la inflamación y destrucción de los vasos sanguíneos de la medula espinal, encéfalo y meninges, tanto en el sector venoso como arterial. La presentación es heterogénea y poco sistematiz...

Intracerebral hemorrhage with a favorable outcome in a patient with childhood primary angiitis of the central nervous system

Rev. bras. reumatol; 56 (4), 2016
ABSTRACT Childhood primary angiitis of the central nervous system (cPACNS) is a rare inflammatory brain disease of unknown etiology. Of note, brain hemorrhage has been rarely reported in cPACNS patients, generally associated with a delayed clinical diagnosis, or with a diagnosis only at necropsy. We pres...