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Acta Neurologica Belgica
Published in: Acta Neurologica Belgica 1/2013

01-03-2013 | Letter to the Editor

Focal idiopathic hypertrophic pachymeningitis: a case with two separate sites involved at a 5-year interval

Authors: Roger Denays, Germain Milbouw, Alexandre Mosseray, Alex Michotte, Pierre Hella

Published in: Acta Neurologica Belgica | Issue 1/2013

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Focal idiopathic hypertrophic pachymeningitis (IHP) is an uncommon disorder of unknown etiology in which the intracranial and/or intraspinal dura mater become locally thickened, often adhering to the underlying leptomeninges [1]. We report a case of IHP focally affecting successively the lumbosacral spinal dura and, 5 years later, the right parietal dura mater. To our knowledge, such a course characterized by multifocal lesions with dissemination in time and space has never been previously described in IHP. …
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Metadata
Title
Focal idiopathic hypertrophic pachymeningitis: a case with two separate sites involved at a 5-year interval
Authors
Roger Denays
Germain Milbouw
Alexandre Mosseray
Alex Michotte
Pierre Hella
Publication date
01-03-2013
Publisher
Springer Milan
Published in
Acta Neurologica Belgica / Issue 1/2013
Print ISSN: 0300-9009
Electronic ISSN: 2240-2993
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s13760-012-0169-z

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