Recurrent idiopathic hypertrophic pachymeningitis with chronic headache and cranial nerve involvement

Proc (Bayl Univ Med Cent). 2024 Feb 8;37(2):322-325. doi: 10.1080/08998280.2023.2298654. eCollection 2024.ABSTRACTIdiopathic hypertrophic pachymeningitis is a rare, fibrosing inflammatory disease that causes localized or diffuse thickening of the dura mater in the brain and/or spinal cord. It may be cranial, spinal, and/or craniospinal pachymeningitis depending on the place of involvement. In our case, a 34-year-old woman presented with sixth cranial nerve involvement and headache and was diagnosed with idiopathic hypertrophic pachymeningitis as a result of the exclusion of other causes and central nervous system imaging. Clinical and radiological follow-up occurred for 1 year, and treatment is presented.PMID:38343488 | PMC:PMC10857541 | DOI:10.1080/08998280.2023.2298654
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