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10975480

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
4
pubmed:dateCreated
2000-12-11
pubmed:abstractText
We report on a 48-year-old man with idiopathic hypertrophic cranial pachymeningitis (IHCP) manifesting headache, facial pain, and tongue pain with unilateral atrophy, dysarthria, and dysphagia. Although steroid therapy ameliorated these symptoms, they recurred after he developed steroid-induced diabetes mellitus. We treated the patient by lymphocytapheresis (LCP), which resulted in an improvement of his symptoms, a reduction in the CD4 lymphocyte population, a reduction of the CD4/CD8 ratio, and a reduced thickening of the dura mater that lasted for more than 14 months. Results presented here suggest that LCP can be effective in the treatment of IHCP.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Aug
pubmed:issn
1091-6660
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
4
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
313-6
pubmed:dateRevised
2004-11-17
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2000
pubmed:articleTitle
Long-term improvement of idiopathic hypertrophic cranial pachymeningitis by lymphocytapheresis.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Neurology, Juntendo University, Tokyo, Japan. tak7118@fb3.so-net.ne.jp
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Case Reports