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Hypertrophic pachymeningitis accompanying neuromyelitis optica spectrum disorder: A case report
Tomoya Kon1, Haruo Nishijima1, Rie Haga1
1Department of Neurology, Aomori Prefectural Central Hospital, Aomori, Japan.
Abstract:
We report a case of idiopathic cerebral hypertrophic pachymeningitis accompanying neuromyelitis optica spectrum disorder. No other identifiable cause of pachymeningitis was detected. Corticosteroid therapy was effective for both diseases. Hypertrophic pachymeningitis is closely related to autoimmune inflammatory disease of the central nervous system. This case supports the hypothesis that hypertrophic pachymeningitis can be a rare comorbidity of neuromyelitis optica spectrum disorder.

