Identifier |
walsh_2022_s3_c3 |
Title |
A Nod to the Nodule |
Creator |
Natalie Brossard, Kirill Zaslavski, Laila Al-Shafai, David Munoz, Edward Margolin |
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 |
Source |
54th Annual Frank Walsh Society Meeting |
Relation is Part of |
NANOS Annual Meeting 2022: Walsh Session III |
Collection |
Neuro-Ophthalmology Virtual Education Library - Walsh Session Annual Meeting Archives https://novel.utah.edu/Walsh/index3.html |
Publisher |
Spencer S. Eccles Health Sciences Library, University of Utah |
Holding Institution |
Spencer S. Eccles Health Sciences Library, University of Utah, 10 N 1900 E SLC, UT 84112-5907 |
Rights Management |
Copyright 2022. For further information regarding the rights to this collection, please visit: https://NOVEL.utah.edu/about/copyright |
ARK |
ark:/87278/s6c0bmjh |
Context URL |
Neuro-ophthalmology Virtual Education Library: NOVEL http://NOVEL.utah.edu |
Setname |
ehsl_novel_fbw |
ID |
2192220 |
Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6c0bmjh |