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Central Nervous System Vasculitis in Rheumatoid Arthritis

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  18 September 2015

Peter Watson*
Affiliation:
Departments of Neurology and Pathology, The Mississauga and Toronto Western Hospitals
John Fekete
Affiliation:
Departments of Neurology and Pathology, The Mississauga and Toronto Western Hospitals
John Deck
Affiliation:
Departments of Neurology and Pathology, The Mississauga and Toronto Western Hospitals
*
3025 Hurontario Street, Suite 504, Mississauga, Ontario L5A 2H1, Canada
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The history of a patient with rheumatoid arthritis and necrotizing vasculitis affecting only the central nervous system is reported. Clinical and pathological involvement by this process was present in both cerebral hemispheres, the pons and spinal cord. Review of the literature revealed that cerebral vasculitis in rheumatoid arthritis has been reported rarely and spinal cord vasculitis not at all.

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Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © Canadian Neurological Sciences Federation 1977

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