Partial Seizures as the First Manifestation of Primary Angiitis of the Central Nervous System
  • Elisa Brauns
    Service de Médecine Interne, CHU Erasme, Brussels, Belgium
  • Sophie Schuind
    Service de Neurochirurgie, CHU Erasme, Brussels, Belgium
  • Laetitia Lebrun
    Service d’Anatomo-pathologie, CHU Erasme, Brussels, Belgium
  • Valentine Inthasot
    Service de Médecine Interne, Hôpital d’Ixelles, Brussels, Belgium
  • Frédéric Vandergheynst
    Service de Médecine Interne, CHU Erasme, Brussels, Belgium

Abstract

A young woman presented with initial epileptic seizures and multiple ‘mass-like’ lesions seen on computed tomography and magnetic resonance imaging. Given this presentation and her past medical history, a cerebral biopsy was performed to rule out malignancy, but showed a necrotizing cerebral vasculitis. We describe this case to reinforce the view that primary central nervous system vasculitis (PCNSV) should be considered in the differential diagnosis of a cerebral mass, even if uncommon.

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    Published: 2017-12-27
    Issue: Vol. 5 No. 2 (view)

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    Brauns E, Schuind S, Lebrun L, Inthasot V, Vandergheynst F. Partial Seizures as the First Manifestation of Primary Angiitis of the Central Nervous System. EJCRIM 2017;5 doi:10.12890/2017_000784.

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