ISSN:
1432-1440
Keywords:
Periarteritis nodosa
;
Magnetic resonance imaging
;
Cerebral lesions
Source:
Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
Topics:
Medicine
Notes:
Summary The course is reported of a patient with periarteritis nodosa who initially presented with neurological symptoms. Multiple cerebral lesions were documented by the first magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) investigation. The majority of these had disappeared completely in the follow-up MRI studies. In contrast to neurological improvement the patient eventually died due to multiorgan failure. Postmortem histological examination revealed no pathological findings in the brain except one single necrotic area already known from MRI. Remissions of histological and angiographic alterations in periarteritis nodosa have been described as “local healing” leading to fibrosis and scarring. Our findings suggest that restitutio ad integrum may occur, at least in cerebral lesions.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF01711268
