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[Curable dementia and panarteritis nodosa]
J R Harlé1, P Disdier, A Ali Cherif
1Service de Médecine Interne, Hôpital de la Timone, Marseille.
Revue Neurologique
|January 1, 1991
Abstract:
A cerebral recurrence of panarteritis nodosa in a 64-year old man is reported. The patient developed lymphocytic meningitis and encephalitis resulting in dementia within 3 months. Lumbar puncture confirmed the presence of lymphocytic meningitis, and cerebral biopsy showed a lymphocytic arteritis. The neurological deficit regressed after six months of treatment with methylprednisolone and cyclophosphamide.