RT Book, Section
A1 Hellmann, David B.
A2 Imboden, John B.
A2 Hellmann, David B.
A2 Stone, John H.
SR Print(0)
ID 57273670
T1 Chapter 40. Vasculitis of the Central Nervous System
T2 CURRENT Diagnosis & Treatment: Rheumatology, 3e
YR 2013
FD 2013
PB The McGraw-Hill Companies
PP New York, NY
SN 978-0-07-163805-0
LK accessmedicine.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=57273670
RD 2024/04/19
AB Central  nervous  system  (CNS)  vasculitis  is  not  a  single  disease  but  a  collection  of  conditions  that  cause  inflammatory  damage  of  blood  vessels  in  the  brain  and  spinal  cord.  About  half  of  the  cases  have  no  known  cause  and  are  therefore  classified  as  primary  vasculitis  of  the  CNS.  The  other  half  of  the  cases  arise  in  the  setting  of  some  other  disorder,  often  a  rheumatic  disease  such  as  systemic  lupus  erythematosus,  and  are  classified  as  secondary  forms  of  CNS  vasculitis.  Primary  vasculitis  of  the  CNS  has  been  referred  to  by  many  names.  Bowing  to  tradition,  this  chapter  will  use  the  term  “primary  angiitis  of  the  CNS”  (PACNS).