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Idiopathic intracranial hypertrophic pachymeningitis: two case reports and review of the literature

Authors: Giancarlo D’Andrea, Giuseppe Trillò, Paolo Celli, Raffaelino Roperto, Francesco Crispo, Luigi Ferrante

Published in: Neurosurgical Review | Issue 3/2004

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In 1949, Naffziger et al. first described idiopathic intracranial hypertrophic pachymeningitis (IIHP) as an aseptic, diffuse inflammatory disease that causes thickening of the dura mater and often headache and progressive multiple nerve palsies due to fibrous entrapment or ischemic damage of neurovascular structures. Pachymeningeal thickening can be diffuse or nodular. We report two cases of IIHP; one was affected by diffuse IIHP, while the other presented focal IIHP mimicking a convexity meningioma. We examine the differential diagnosis between IIHP and other known causes of hypertrophic pachymeningitis. We also discuss the clinical bases of treatment.

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Title: Idiopathic intracranial hypertrophic pachymeningitis: two case reports and review of the literature
Authors: Giancarlo D’Andrea
Giuseppe Trillò
Paolo Celli
Raffaelino Roperto
Francesco Crispo
Luigi Ferrante
Publication date: 01-07-2004
Publisher: Springer-Verlag
Published in: Neurosurgical Review / Issue 3/2004
Print ISSN: 0344-5607
Electronic ISSN: 1437-2320
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10143-004-0321-1

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