[Pachymeningitis associated with probable Horton's disease: a case report].
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Horton's disease is the most common vasculitis of elder people. Several neurological complications are reported, but pachymeningitis is exceptional. A 71-year-old patient who presented headache, hyperesthesia of the scalp, weight loss with a biological inflammatory syndrome and meningeal thickening on MRI. The diagnosis of pachymeningitis related to Horton's disease was retained. The patient was treated by corticosteroids with a good clinical, biological and radiological course after 22 months. Horton's disease is a potential diagnosis in elderly persons with pachymeningitis and inflammatory syndrome.
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10.1016/j.neurol.2009.04.007
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1970


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