LymeNet Flash: Cerebral Vasculitis: A Practical Approach -- Long Journal Article

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Posted by seibertneurolyme (Member # 6416) on :

15 page journal article takes a while to load.

http://pn.bmj.com/cgi/reprint/2/2/80.pdf

Some good info -- part technical and part practical.

See Table 3 -- Clinical fatures of cerebral vasculitis -- Note CNS Features of chronic illness are Movement disorders -- especially chorea and myoclonus.

Also Table 4 -- Some neurological and systemic disorders that may mimic cerebral vasculitis -- Lyme is on the list of infectious causes

Good explanation of available tests.

Unfortunately only treatment suggested is steroids.

Bea Seibert

Posted by minoucat (Member # 5175) on :

Thanks, Bea. Very interesting.