Vasculitis primaria del sistema nervioso central, diagnóstico diferencial de demencia subaguda: Caso clínico

A primary central nervous system vaculitis is an uncommon and invalidating disease, which has a fatal course if left untreated. We report a 63 year-old woman presenting with a history of two months of cognitive impairment, dysarthria, gait instability and tremor. After four months of evolution a rig...

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Autores principales: Araya C,Pablo, Sacks P,Claudio, Muñoz V,Paula, Gigoux L,Juan Pablo, García F,Luis, Matamala H,Gonzalo, Idiáquez C,Juan
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Publicado: Sociedad Médica de Santiago 2009
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spelling oai:scielo:S0034-988720090006000112009-09-04Vasculitis primaria del sistema nervioso central, diagnóstico diferencial de demencia subaguda: Caso clínicoAraya C,PabloSacks P,ClaudioMuñoz V,PaulaGigoux L,Juan PabloGarcía F,LuisMatamala H,GonzaloIdiáquez C,Juan Cyclophosphamide Nervous System Prednisone Vasculitis Central Nervous System A primary central nervous system vaculitis is an uncommon and invalidating disease, which has a fatal course if left untreated. We report a 63 year-old woman presenting with a history of two months of cognitive impairment, dysarthria, gait instability and tremor. After four months of evolution a right hemianopsia and a flaccid paresis of upper right limb appeared. A brain biopsy was performed and the histological findings confirmed the suspicion of primary cerebral vasculitis. The patient was treated with cyclophosphamide and prednisone, observing a partial recovery of cognitive and motor function.info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessSociedad Médica de SantiagoRevista médica de Chile v.137 n.6 20092009-06-01text/htmlhttp://www.scielo.cl/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0034-98872009000600011es10.4067/S0034-98872009000600011
institution Scielo Chile
collection Scielo Chile
language Spanish / Castilian
topic Cyclophosphamide
Nervous System
Prednisone
Vasculitis
Central Nervous System
spellingShingle Cyclophosphamide
Nervous System
Prednisone
Vasculitis
Central Nervous System
Araya C,Pablo
Sacks P,Claudio
Muñoz V,Paula
Gigoux L,Juan Pablo
García F,Luis
Matamala H,Gonzalo
Idiáquez C,Juan
Vasculitis primaria del sistema nervioso central, diagnóstico diferencial de demencia subaguda: Caso clínico
description A primary central nervous system vaculitis is an uncommon and invalidating disease, which has a fatal course if left untreated. We report a 63 year-old woman presenting with a history of two months of cognitive impairment, dysarthria, gait instability and tremor. After four months of evolution a right hemianopsia and a flaccid paresis of upper right limb appeared. A brain biopsy was performed and the histological findings confirmed the suspicion of primary cerebral vasculitis. The patient was treated with cyclophosphamide and prednisone, observing a partial recovery of cognitive and motor function.
author Araya C,Pablo
Sacks P,Claudio
Muñoz V,Paula
Gigoux L,Juan Pablo
García F,Luis
Matamala H,Gonzalo
Idiáquez C,Juan
author_facet Araya C,Pablo
Sacks P,Claudio
Muñoz V,Paula
Gigoux L,Juan Pablo
García F,Luis
Matamala H,Gonzalo
Idiáquez C,Juan
author_sort Araya C,Pablo
title Vasculitis primaria del sistema nervioso central, diagnóstico diferencial de demencia subaguda: Caso clínico
title_short Vasculitis primaria del sistema nervioso central, diagnóstico diferencial de demencia subaguda: Caso clínico
title_full Vasculitis primaria del sistema nervioso central, diagnóstico diferencial de demencia subaguda: Caso clínico
title_fullStr Vasculitis primaria del sistema nervioso central, diagnóstico diferencial de demencia subaguda: Caso clínico
title_full_unstemmed Vasculitis primaria del sistema nervioso central, diagnóstico diferencial de demencia subaguda: Caso clínico
title_sort vasculitis primaria del sistema nervioso central, diagnóstico diferencial de demencia subaguda: caso clínico
publisher Sociedad Médica de Santiago
publishDate 2009
url http://www.scielo.cl/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0034-98872009000600011
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