SERIAL MAGNETIC-RESONANCE-IMAGING IN ISOLATED ANGIITIS OF THE CENTRAL-NERVOUS-SYSTEM

Authors
EHSAN T HASAN S POWERS JM HEISERMAN JE
Citation
T. Ehsan et al., SERIAL MAGNETIC-RESONANCE-IMAGING IN ISOLATED ANGIITIS OF THE CENTRAL-NERVOUS-SYSTEM, Neurology, 45(8), 1995, pp. 1462-1465
Citations number
21
Categorie Soggetti
Clinical Neurology
Journal title
Neurology → ACNP
ISSN journal
00283878
Volume
45
Issue
8
Year of publication
1995
Pages
1462 - 1465
Database
ISI
SICI code
0028-3878(1995)45:8<1462:SMIIAO>2.0.ZU;2-#
Abstract
Isolated angiitis of the central nervous system (IACNS) is a rare form of vasculitis restricted to the CNS. We report-serial MRI findings in a biopsy-proven case of IACNS. MRI showed extensive white matter and subcortical disease. Before specific treatment; neuroimaging showed th e development-of new lesions corresponding with an overall progressive clinical course of the illness; the post-treatment MRI showed improve ment.