PACHYMENINGOENCEPHALITIS - CASE-REPORT

Authors
KADOYA C SOEJIMA T YAMADA H YOKOTA A
Citation
C. Kadoya et al., PACHYMENINGOENCEPHALITIS - CASE-REPORT, Neurosurgery, 33(1), 1993, pp. 131-135
Citations number
28
Categorie Soggetti
Surgery,Neurosciences
Journal title
Neurosurgery → ACNP
ISSN journal
0148396X
Volume
33
Issue
1
Year of publication
1993
Pages
131 - 135
Database
ISI
SICI code
0148-396X(1993)33:1<131:P-C>2.0.ZU;2-P
Abstract
HYPERTROPHIC CRANIAL PACHYMENINGITIS is uncommon. We report the first case of pachymeningitis extending to the cerebral parenchyma (pachymen ingoencephalitis) and involving the bone and extracranial soft tissue. The clinical features and pathogenesis are discussed.