Hypertrophic spinal pachymeningitis: idiopathic vs. IgG4-related

J Neurol Sci. 2014 Dec 15;347(1-2):398-400. doi: 10.1016/j.jns.2014.10.012. Epub 2014 Oct 12.

Authors

Mohamad Ezzeldin¹, Ahmad Shawagfeh¹, Vicki Schnadig², Robert G Smith¹, Xiang Fang³

Affiliations

¹ Department of Neurology, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX 77555, United States.
² Department of Pathology, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX 77555, United States.
³ Department of Neurology, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX 77555, United States. Electronic address: sxfang@utmb.edu.

PMID: 25454650
DOI: 10.1016/j.jns.2014.10.012

No abstract available

Keywords: Fibrosis; IgG4-related disease; Inflammation; Pachymeningitis; Spinal cord compression; Steroid.

Publication types

Case Reports
Letter

MeSH terms

Dexamethasone / therapeutic use
Glucocorticoids / therapeutic use
Humans
Hypertrophy / complications*
Immunoglobulin G / blood*
Magnetic Resonance Imaging*
Male
Meningitis / drug therapy
Meningitis / immunology*
Middle Aged
Paralysis / diagnosis
Paralysis / drug therapy
Paralysis / etiology*
Spinal Diseases / diagnosis
Spinal Diseases / drug therapy
Spinal Diseases / pathology*

Substances

Glucocorticoids
Immunoglobulin G
Dexamethasone