| Title |
Idiopathic Hypertrophic Cranial Pachymeningitis |
| Creator |
Jacobson, DM; Anderson, DR; Rupp, GM; Warner, JJ |
| Affiliation |
Department of Neurology, Marshfield Clinic, WI 54449, USA. |
| Abstract |
We present the clinical, radiological, and pathological findings in an elderly man who developed a progressive superior orbital fissure syndrome due to idiopathic hypertrophic cranial pachymeningitis. The unique aspect of this case concerned the increased density of the sphenoid ridge and lateral orbital wall observed by using computed tomography, and the enhancement of the marrow signal seen on magnetic resonance imaging. These neuroimaging abnormalities of bone resulted from an indirect nonspecific response of the marrow to the adjacent soft tissue and dural inflammatory process. |
| Subject |
Older people; Bone Diseases/complications; Bone Diseases/diagnosis; Dura Mater/pathology; Humans; Hypertrophy/diagnosis; Magnetic Resonance Imaging; Male; Meningitis/complications; Meningitis/diagnosis; Ophthalmoplegia/etiology; Optic Nerve Diseases/etiology; Orbit/pathology; Sphenoid Bone/pathology; Tomography, X-Ray Computed |
| Format |
application/pdf |
| Publication Type |
Journal Article |
| Collection |
Neuro-Ophthalmology Virtual Education Library: Journal of Neuro-Ophthalmology Archives: https://novel.utah.edu/jno/ |
| Publisher |
Lippincott, Williams & Wilkins |
| Holding Institution |
Spencer S. Eccles Health Sciences Library, University of Utah |
| Rights Management |
© North American Neuro-Ophthalmology Society |
| Setname |
ehsl_novel_jno |
| ID |
224774 |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6pc67fh/224774 |
