TY - JOUR
T1 - Temporal arteritis with focal pachymeningitis
T2 - A deceptive association
AU - Kutty, Raja K.
AU - Maekawa, Michitaka
AU - Kawase, Tsukasa
AU - Fujii, Naoko
AU - Kato, Yoko
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2020 Nagoya University.
PY - 2020/2/1
Y1 - 2020/2/1
N2 - Temporal arteritis is an immunological disorder mostly affecting the elderly population. This frequently occurs in association with other rheumatological diseases of the elderly. The symptoms of Temporal arteritis overlap with other symptoms of commonly occurring diseases in that population. Focal pachymeningitis in association with temporal arteritis is a rare finding and a literature review revealed less than ten cases of similar associations being published. In such instances, this finding can be mistaken for aseptic meningitis and treated erroneously. We present our case, discuss the management and summarize a review of literature about focal pachymeningitis along with temporal arteritis which was managed successfully with steroids and Toclizumab.
AB - Temporal arteritis is an immunological disorder mostly affecting the elderly population. This frequently occurs in association with other rheumatological diseases of the elderly. The symptoms of Temporal arteritis overlap with other symptoms of commonly occurring diseases in that population. Focal pachymeningitis in association with temporal arteritis is a rare finding and a literature review revealed less than ten cases of similar associations being published. In such instances, this finding can be mistaken for aseptic meningitis and treated erroneously. We present our case, discuss the management and summarize a review of literature about focal pachymeningitis along with temporal arteritis which was managed successfully with steroids and Toclizumab.
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U2 - 10.18999/nagjms.82.1.143
DO - 10.18999/nagjms.82.1.143
M3 - Article
C2 - 32273643
AN - SCOPUS:85085744066
VL - 82
SP - 143
EP - 150
JO - Nagoya Journal of Medical Science
JF - Nagoya Journal of Medical Science
SN - 0027-7622
IS - 1
ER -