Skip to main content

Advertisement

SpringerLink
Log in

Rheumatoid arthritis mimicking an intracranial malignancy

  • Letter to the editor - Brain Tumors
  • Published:
Acta Neurochirurgica Aims and scope Submit manuscript

This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check access.

Access this article

Log in via an institution

Price excludes VAT (USA)
Tax calculation will be finalised during checkout.

Instant access to the full article PDF.

Institutional subscriptions

Fig. 1

References

  1. Aguilar-Amat MJ, Abenza-Abildua MJ, Vivancos F, Rodriguez de Rivera FJ, Morales-Bastos C, Gandia-Gonzalez ML, Perez-Zamarron A, Arpa J (2011) Rheumatoid meningitis mimicking progressive supranuclear palsy. Neurologist 17(3):136–140

    Article  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  2. Hasiloglu ZI, Asik M, Erer B, Dikici AS, Altinta A, Albayram S (2012) Magnetic resonance imaging of rheumatoid meningitis: a case report and literature review. Rheumatol Int 32(11):3679–3681

    Article  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  3. Ii Y, Kuzuhara S (2009) Rheumatoid cranial pachymeningitis successfylly treated with long-term corticosteroid. Rheumatol Int 29(5):583–585

    Article  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  4. Ikeda K, Takazawa T, Ito H, Ishikawa Y, Miura K, Ysohii Y, Kawabe K, Isasaki Y (2010) Rheumatoid leptomeningitis: radiological alteration of cerebral hypoperfusion and subarachnoid lesions. Intern Med 49(17):1911–1916

    Article  CAS  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  5. Koide R, Isoo A, Ishii K, Uruha A, Bandoh M (2009) Rheumatoid leptomeningitis: rare complication of rheumatoid arthritis. Clin Rheumatol 28(9):1117–1119

    Article  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  6. Krysl D, Zamecnik J, Senolt L, Marusic P (2013) Chronic repetitive nonprogressive epilepsia partialis continua due to rheumatoid meningitis. Seizure 22(1):80–82

    Article  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  7. Matsushima M, Yaguchi H, Niino M, Akimoto-Tsuji S, Yabe I, Onishi K, Sasaki H (2010) MRI and pathological finding of rheumatoid meningitis. J Clin Neurosci 17(1):129–132

    Article  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  8. Shimada K, Matsui T, Kawakami M, Hayakawa H, Futami H, Michishita K, Takaoka H, Ikenaka T, Komiya A, Nakayama H, Hagiwara F, Sugii S, Furukawa H, Ozawa Y, Tohma S (2009) Diffuse chronic leptomeningitis with seropositive rheumatoid arthritis: report of a case successfully treated as rheumatoid leptomeningitis. Mod Rheumatol 19(5):556–562

    PubMed  Google Scholar 

  9. Starosta MA, Brandwein SR (2007) Clinical manifestations and treatment of rheumatoid pachymeningitis. Neurology 68:1079–1080

    Article  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  10. Yaguchi M, Yaguchi H (2008) Unilateral supratentorial lesion due to rheumatoid meningitis on MRI. Intern Med 47(21):1947–1948

    Article  PubMed  Google Scholar 

Download references

Conflicts of interest

None.

Author information

Authors and Affiliations

  1. Department of Neurosurgery, Maastricht University Medical Center, PO BOX 5800, 6202 AZ, Maastricht, The Netherlands

    Kim Rijkers & Olaf Schijns

  2. Radiology, Maastricht University Medical Center, Maastricht, The Netherlands

    Alida Postma

  3. Pathology, Maastricht University Medical Center, Maastricht, The Netherlands

    Robert Riedl

Authors
  1. Kim Rijkers
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  2. Alida Postma
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  3. Robert Riedl
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  4. Olaf Schijns
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

Corresponding author

Correspondence to Kim Rijkers.

Rights and permissions

Reprints and permissions

About this article

Cite this article

Rijkers, K., Postma, A., Riedl, R. et al. Rheumatoid arthritis mimicking an intracranial malignancy. Acta Neurochir 156, 427–428 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00701-013-1936-1

Download citation

  • Received:

  • Accepted:

  • Published:

  • Issue Date:

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00701-013-1936-1

Keywords

Search

Navigation