Rula A Hajj-Ali, Anthony Furlan, Alex Abou-Chebel, Leonard H Calabrese
OBJECTIVE: Benign angiopathy of the central nervous system (BACNS) is a subset of primary angiitis of the central nervous system (PACNS) with favorable outcome, not requiring prolonged immunosuppression. We retrospectively studied the clinical characteristics and prospectively assessed long-term outcome in a cohort of BACNS patients. METHODS: Patients meeting the clinical description for BACNS, evaluated and treated by a single investigator, were included. Data on demographics, signs and symptoms, laboratory studies, neuroimaging, brain biopsy, treatment, and complications were recorded...
December 15, 2002: Arthritis and Rheumatism