Discussion Enhancement of the leptomeninges on CT is secondary to the increased
vascularity resulting from an inflammatory reaction or tumor [7]. Therefore, it is nonspecific …

Discussion The frequency of rheumatoid arthritis in the general population of the United
States is reported to be as high as 1.3% for men and 3.8% for women [4]. Although the …

We report the clinical and neuroradiological features of cerebral rheumatoid
pachymeningitis with 1 year follow-up in two patients. MRI of the head enabled noninvasive …

THE INVOLVEMEET of the nervous system by lesions of rheumatoid arthritis has received
increasing attention in the literature during recent years. Although its name implies a …

We report a 68-year-old man without clinical history of rheumatoid arthritis who presented
with acute bilateral palsy of the IX and X cranial nerves secondary to pachymeningitis …

Here we present a 53-year-old woman with rheumatoid pachymeningitis. The subject had
rheumatoid arthritis (RA) for 15 years. In April, 1996 she began to experience intermittent …

Rheumatoid pachymeningitis is a rare complication of rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and is a
diagnosis of exclusion1, 2. A 57-year-old male from El Salvador with a history of …

Rheumatoid pachymeningitis is a rare complication of rheumatoid arthritis. This disease was
confined to the dura and pia-arachnoid of the lumbar cord in our patient. Her neurologic …

We report a case with pathologic correlation that demonstrates the magnetic resonance
imaging characteristics of spinal pachymeningitis. Contrast enhanced T1-weighted images …

Background. Central nervous system involvement in rheumatoid arthritis can rarely occur in
the absence of systemic disease. Rheumatoid meningitis has not been reported to present …