| Identifier |
walsh_2022_s3_c3 |
| Title |
A Nod to the Nodule |
| Creator |
Natalie Brossard; Kirill Zaslavski; Laila Al-Shafai; David Munoz; Edward Margolin |
| Affiliation |
(NB) University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada |
| Subject |
Autoimmune Diseases; CNS Vasculitidies; Meningo-encephalitis; Optic Radiations; Visual Field Testing |
| History |
A 67-year-old man presented to emergency department in March'21 with 6hours h/o fever, headache, confusion, right- sided weakness and urinary incontinence. He had h/o hypertension, rheumatoid arthritis, spinal stenosis and was taking etanercept/leflunomide/sulfasalazine. Non-contrasted CT showed left frontoparietal lesion with surrounding edema, thought to be either mass lesion or subacute stroke. |
| Disease/Diagnosis |
Rheumatoid nodule and leptomeningitis presenting as a brain mass |
| Date |
2022-02 |
| References |
1 Atzeni, F. et al. Central nervous system involvement in rheumatoid arthritis patients and the potential implications; of using biological agents. Best Practice and Research: Clinical Rheumatology vol. 32 (2018).; 2. Bathon, J. M., Moreland, L. W. & DiBartolomeo, A. G. Inflammatory central nervous system involvement in; rheumatoid arthritis. Seminars in Arthritis and Rheumatism 18, 258-266 (1989).; 3. Nesbitt, C., Willshire, L., Quan, D., Shaw, C. & Batchelor, P. Leptomeningeal rheumatoid nodules: diagnosis and; failed therapeutics. Journal of clinical neuroscience : official journal of the Neurosurgical Society of Australasia 22, 425-428; (2015).; 4. Takahashi, M. et al. Multiple intracranial nodules associated with rheumatoid arthritis: case report. Neurologia; medico-chirurgica 54, 317-320 (2014).; 5. Kim, R. C. & Collins, G. H. The neuropathology of rheumatoid disease. Human Pathology 12, (1981). |
| Language |
eng |
| Format |
application/pdf |
| Type |
Text |
| Source |
54th Annual Frank Walsh Society Meeting |
| Relation is Part of |
NANOS Annual Meeting Frank B. Walsh Sessions; 2022 |
| Collection |
Neuro-Ophthalmology Virtual Education Library: Walsh Session Annual Meeting Archives: https://novel.utah.edu/Walsh/ |
| Publisher |
North American Neuro-Ophthalmology Society |
| Holding Institution |
Spencer S. Eccles Health Sciences Library, University of Utah |
| Rights Management |
Copyright 2022. For further information regarding the rights to this collection, please visit: https://NOVEL.utah.edu/about/copyright |
| ARK |
ark:/87278/s6gba724 |
| Setname |
ehsl_novel_fbw |
| ID |
2100241 |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6gba724 |
