Idiopathic Hypertrophic Pachymeningitis: A Case Report from Bangladesh

Authors

  • Meera Momtaz Sabeka Registrar, Department of Neurophysiology, National Institute of Neurosciences & Hospital, Dhaka
  • Md Nazrul Islam Assistant Professor, Department of Neuroradiology & Imaging, National Institute of Neurosciences & Hospital, Dhaka

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.3329/jninb.v3i2.36776

Keywords:

IHP, Meningitis, Headache

Abstract

A 52 years old lady presented with sudden severe headache with the history of similar intense headache twenty years back which ended up with left sided blindness. Her physical examination was unremarkable except optic atrophy of the left eye. Investigation included biochemical work up, imaging studies and CSF study. The MRI of brain with contrast gave the key diagnostic clue with characteristic findings of hypertrophic pachymeningitis. Other investigations helped to rule out possible etiologies and the diagnosis idiopathic hypertrophic pachymeningitis was finally made. The patient has been treated with steroid and enjoyed improvement in her yearlong symptoms.

Journal of National Institute of Neurosciences Bangladesh, 2017;3(2): 110-112

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Meera Momtaz Sabeka, Registrar, Department of Neurophysiology, National Institute of Neurosciences & Hospital, Dhaka



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Published

2018-05-26

How to Cite

Sabeka, M. M., & Islam, M. N. (2018). Idiopathic Hypertrophic Pachymeningitis: A Case Report from Bangladesh. Journal of National Institute of Neurosciences Bangladesh, 3(2), 110–112. https://doi.org/10.3329/jninb.v3i2.36776

Issue

Vol. 3 No. 2 (2017)

Section

Case Reports

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