ISOLATED ANGIITIS OF CENTRAL-NERVOUS-SYSTEM WITH PLEOCYTOSIS IN THE CEREBROSPINAL-FLUID

Authors
FERRAZ HB ROLIM JAB NEVES AC ANDRADE LAF RODRIGUES JF STAVALE JN
Citation
Hb. Ferraz et al., ISOLATED ANGIITIS OF CENTRAL-NERVOUS-SYSTEM WITH PLEOCYTOSIS IN THE CEREBROSPINAL-FLUID, Postgraduate medical journal, 74(867), 1998, pp. 43-44
Citations number
8
Categorie Soggetti
Medicine, General & Internal
Journal title
Postgraduate medical journal → ACNP
ISSN journal
00325473
Volume
74
Issue
867
Year of publication
1998
Pages
43 - 44
Database
ISI
SICI code
0032-5473(1998)74:867<43:IAOCWP>2.0.ZU;2-5
Abstract
We report the case of a 32-year-old woman with isolated angiitis of th e central nervous system. This case shows that high levels of pleocyto sis may not rule out isolated angiitis of the central nervous system i f this diagnosis can be considered on clinical grounds.