Primary Angiitis of the Central Nervous System: From Psychiatry to Neurology

We present a case of a 54-year-old man with primary angiitis of the central nervous system (PACNS) who was initially admitted to a psychiatric clinic with a diagnosis of delirium. We discuss the difficulty in establishing the diagnosis of PACNS and provide the reader with some recommendations on how...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Leonardi, Joel, Saleh, Christian, Jaszczuk, Phillip, Blackham, Kristine A., Zechel, Sabrina, Wilmes, Stefanie, Hund-Georgiadis, Margret
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Hindawi 2019
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6875412/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31781439
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2019/8074258
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Sumario:We present a case of a 54-year-old man with primary angiitis of the central nervous system (PACNS) who was initially admitted to a psychiatric clinic with a diagnosis of delirium. We discuss the difficulty in establishing the diagnosis of PACNS and provide the reader with some recommendations on how to promptly and correctly diagnose this disease in order to avoid potentially lethal outcomes.

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