Case records of the Massachusetts General Hospital. Weekly clinicopathological exercises. Case 9-1999. A 75-year-old woman with hydrocephalus and pleocytosis

N Engl J Med. 1999 Mar 25;340(12):945-53. doi: 10.1056/NEJM199903253401208.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Clinical Conference

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Antibodies, Antineutrophil Cytoplasmic / blood*
  • Brain / diagnostic imaging
  • Brain / pathology
  • Diagnosis, Differential
  • Female
  • Granulomatosis with Polyangiitis / complications
  • Granulomatosis with Polyangiitis / diagnosis*
  • Granulomatosis with Polyangiitis / immunology
  • Humans
  • Hydrocephalus / etiology
  • Leukocytosis / etiology
  • Lung / diagnostic imaging
  • Meningitis / etiology
  • Sensitivity and Specificity
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed
  • Tuberculosis, Meningeal / diagnosis*

Substances

  • Antibodies, Antineutrophil Cytoplasmic