고해상도혈관벽MRI로 진단된 중추신경계원발혈관염 = Primary Angiitis of the Central Nervous System Diagnosed by High-Resolution Vessel Wall MRI

다국어 초록 (Multilingual Abstract)

Primary angiitis of the central nervous system (PACNS) is a poorly understood form of vascular inflammatory disease that is restricted to the brain and spinal cord. A 38-year-old woman presented with severe headache and transient aphasia. Her cerebrospinal fluid exhibited aseptic meningitis, and high-resolution vessel-wall MRI (HRVW-MRI)revealed narrowing of multiple intracranial vessels with concentric wall thickening and diffuse enhancement, suggestive of PACNS. High-dose steroid and azathioprine therapy resulted in a significant improvement in vessel wall thickening,and enhancement was observed on the follow-up HRVW-MRI.

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