IgG4-related disease and intracranial hypertenstion: Case report of a novel mechanistic association

J Neurol Sci. 2018 Feb 15:385:75-77. doi: 10.1016/j.jns.2017.12.013. Epub 2017 Dec 13.

Authors

Jennifer Healy¹, Kaye Sedarsky², Patrick Malafronte², Nathan T Tagg³

Affiliations

¹ Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda, MD, USA.
² Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, Bethesda, MD, USA.
³ Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, Bethesda, MD, USA. Electronic address: nathan.t.tagg.mil@mail.mil.

PMID: 29406918
DOI: 10.1016/j.jns.2017.12.013

No abstract available

Keywords: Cerebral vein stenosis; IgG4-related pachymeningitis; Intracranial hypertension; Research was not funded.; Rituximab.

Publication types

Case Reports
Letter

MeSH terms

Cerebral Veins / pathology
Constriction, Pathologic / complications
Female
Humans
Immunoglobulin G4-Related Disease / complications*
Immunoglobulin G4-Related Disease / diagnostic imaging
Immunoglobulin G4-Related Disease / drug therapy
Intracranial Hypotension / complications*
Intracranial Hypotension / diagnostic imaging
Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Middle Aged
Optic Disk / diagnostic imaging
Rituximab / therapeutic use
Syndecan-1 / metabolism

Substances

Syndecan-1
Rituximab