Spontaneous resolution of hypertrophic cranial pachymeningitis

✍ Scribed by Shunji Nishio; Takato Morioka; Atsushi Togawa; Toshihiko Yanase; Hajime Nawata; Masashi Fukui; Kanehiro Hasuo

• Book ID: 104748954
• Publisher: Springer-Verlag
• Year: 1995
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 578 KB
• Volume: 18
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0344-5607
• DOI: 10.1007/bf00383727

✦ Synopsis

A 36-year-old woman presented suffering from severe headache and diplopia. Magnetic resonance imaging showed a diffuse thickening of the cranial dura mater which was enhanced by gadolinium-DTPA. Two months later, an improvement of the clinical symptoms and a spontaneous resolution of the dural thickening were noted. Hypertrophic cranial pachymeningitis and other diseases causing diffuse dural thickening are discussed.