Corticosteroid-responsive leptomeningitis with IgG4-positive plasma-cell infiltration

Akiyuki Hiraga; Daisuke Ozaki; Atsuko Tsuneyama; Seiro Ito; Kyosuke Koide; Satoshi Kuwabara

doi:10.1016/j.jns.2015.07.048

Corticosteroid-responsive leptomeningitis with IgG4-positive plasma-cell infiltration

J Neurol Sci. 2015 Oct 15;357(1-2):338-40. doi: 10.1016/j.jns.2015.07.048. Epub 2015 Aug 1.

Authors

Akiyuki Hiraga¹, Daisuke Ozaki², Atsuko Tsuneyama³, Seiro Ito⁴, Kyosuke Koide³, Satoshi Kuwabara⁵

Affiliations

¹ Department of Neurology, Chiba Rosai Hospital, Chiba, Japan. Electronic address: hiragaa@yahoo.co.jp.
² Department of Pathology, Chiba Rosai Hospital, Chiba, Japan.
³ Department of Neurology, Chiba Rosai Hospital, Chiba, Japan.
⁴ Department of Neurosurgery, Chiba Rosai Hospital, Chiba, Japan.
⁵ Department of Neurology, Graduate School of Medicine, Chiba University, Chiba, Japan.

PMID: 26254623
DOI: 10.1016/j.jns.2015.07.048

No abstract available

Keywords: Anti-cyclic citrullinated peptide antibody; IgG4-related disease; Leptomeningitis; Lymphoplasmacytic infiltration; Magnetic resonance imaging; Rheumatic arthritis.

Publication types

Case Reports
Letter
Review

MeSH terms

Adrenal Cortex Hormones / therapeutic use*
Aged
Female
Humans
Immunoglobulin G*
Meningitis / diagnosis*
Meningitis / drug therapy*
Neutrophil Infiltration*
Plasma Cells / pathology*
Treatment Outcome

Substances

Adrenal Cortex Hormones
Immunoglobulin G