Unusual Cerebral Involvement of Rheumatoid Arthritis Mimicking a Tumor

Tokdemir S., TOPRAK H., ALKAN A.

CURRENT MEDICAL IMAGING, cilt.16, sa.2, ss.145-148, 2020 (SCI-Expanded, Scopus) identifier identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 16 Sayı: 2
  • Basım Tarihi: 2020
  • Doi Numarası: 10.2174/1573405614666180911121222
  • Dergi Adı: CURRENT MEDICAL IMAGING
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus, Agricultural & Environmental Science Database, Biotechnology Research Abstracts, EMBASE, MEDLINE
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.145-148
  • Anahtar Kelimeler: Rheumatoid arthritis, inflammatory pseudotumor, magnetic resonance imaging, cerebral, brain, CNS, BLOOD-BRAIN-BARRIER, TNF-ALPHA, DISEASE
  • Bezmiâlem Vakıf Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

Background: The central nervous system's involvement in Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA) is infrequent and can be life-threatening. Mass-like CNS involvement is an unusual presentation. A 45 year old man had suffered seropositive rheumatoid arthritis for five years referred to our hospital with one-week history of right-sided facial paralysis, left hemiparesis and headache.