| Literature DB >> 19521743 |
Kota Shimada1, Toshihiro Matsui, Misato Kawakami, Hiromi Hayakawa, Hidekazu Futami, Kazuya Michishita, Hirokazu Takaoka, Tatsuoh Ikenaka, Akiko Komiya, Hisanori Nakayama, Futoshi Hagiwara, Shoji Sugii, Hiroshi Furukawa, Yoshinori Ozawa, Shigeto Tohma.
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A case of biopsy-confirmed chronic leptomeningitis complicating rheumatoid arthritis in a 53-year old female is reported. Her symptoms included weight loss, severe depression, and pyrexia. Magnetic resonance imaging was useful in diagnosis. Intravenous methylprednisolone was prescribed (1 g/day for 3 days), followed by prednisolone (initial dose of 30 mg daily), and this treatment was effective. Her IgG-index, serum levels of soluble interleukin-2 receptor and ferritin, and cerebrospinal level of interleukin-6 paralleled her clinical course.Entities:
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Year: 2009 PMID： 19521743 DOI： 10.1007/s10165-009-0186-9
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Mod Rheumatol ISSN： 1439-7595 Impact factor: 3.023