Adult primary central nervous system vasculitis

C Salvarani, RD Brown, GG Hunder - The Lancet, 2012 - thelancet.com
Primary CNS vasculitis is an uncommon disorder of unknown cause that is restricted to brain
and spinal cord. The median age of onset is 50 years. The neurological manifestations are …

Glial fibrillary acidic protein immunoglobulin G as biomarker of autoimmune astrocytopathy: analysis of 102 patients

EP Flanagan, SR Hinson, VA Lennon… - Annals of …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Objective A novel autoimmune central nervous system (CNS) disorder with glial fibrillary
acidic protein (GFAP)‐IgG as biomarker was recently characterized. Here, 102 patients with …

Vasculitis of the nervous system

A Siva - Journal of neurology, 2001 - Springer
Vasculitis is inflammation of the blood vessels, which may involve either the central nervous
system (CNS), or the peripheral nervous system (PNS), or both. This involvement may be …

MR imaging and angiography of primary CNS vasculitis of childhood

RI Aviv, SM Benseler, ED Silverman… - American Journal …, 2006 - Am Soc Neuroradiology
BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: Primary angiitis of the central nervous system of childhood
(cPACNS) is a rare and ill-defined disease. In the absence of a brain biopsy, the diagnosis is …

Angiography-negative primary central nervous system vasculitis: a syndrome involving small cerebral vessels

C Salvarani, RD Brown Jr, KT Calamia… - Medicine, 2008 - journals.lww.com
Primary central nervous system vasculitis (PCNSV) is a rare and poorly understood
syndrome. We describe the clinical findings in 8 patients who appear to have a distinct …

MR imaging of the brain in lymphomatoid granulomatosis

U Tateishi, S Terae, A Ogata… - American journal …, 2001 - Am Soc Neuroradiology
BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: Clinical diagnosis of lymphomatoid granulomatosis (LG)
of the brain, in patients without skin or chest lesions, usually is difficult because of the …

Primary angiitis of the central nervous system: diagnostic criteria

WJ Powers - Neurologic clinics, 2015 - neurologic.theclinics.com
A vasculitis of small arteries and veins of unknown cause restricted to the central nervous
system (CNS) was initially described from autopsy material as granulomatous angiitis of the …

The clinical spectrum of the neurological involvement in vasculitides

CM Rossi, G Di Comite - Journal of the neurological sciences, 2009 - Elsevier
Both the central nervous system (CNS) and the peripheral nervous system (PNS) are major
target organs in primary vasculitides. They may either be affected in the setting of systemic …

Correlation of angiography and MR imaging in cerebral vasculitis

HJ Cloft, CD Phillips, JE Dix, BC McNulty… - Acta …, 1999 - Taylor & Francis
Purpose: MR imaging and cerebral angiography were correlated in patients with primary
angiitis of the central nervous system (PACNS) to assess the relative roles of these imaging …

Lymphocytic vasculitis mimicking aggressive multifocal cerebral neoplasm: MR imaging and MR spectroscopic appearance

NJ Panchal, S Niku, SG Imbesi - American journal of …, 2005 - Am Soc Neuroradiology
We present a case of multifocal enhancing lesions confined to the right cerebral hemisphere
that mimicked diffuse neoplasm. MR spectroscopy revealed not only minimal elevation of the …