Hemidysgeusia, phantosmia and respiratory arrest: a case of CLIPPERS.


Journal

BMJ case reports
ISSN: 1757-790X
Titre abrégé: BMJ Case Rep
Pays: England
ID NLM: 101526291

Informations de publication

Date de publication:
30 May 2019
Historique:
entrez: 2 6 2019
pubmed: 4 6 2019
medline: 18 12 2019
Statut: epublish

Résumé

A 56-year-old man presented with a relapse of likely chronic lymphocytic inflammation with pontine perivascular enhancement responsive to steroids (CLIPPERS) after a reduction of steroid dose. MRI demonstrated new perivascular FLuid-Attenuated Inversion Recovery (FLAIR) signal hyperintensity involving the dorsal pontomedullary junction and progressing inferiorly into the dorsal medulla oblongata. His admission to hospital was complicated by a respiratory arrest.

Identifiants

pubmed: 31151979
pii: 12/5/e230094
doi: 10.1136/bcr-2019-230094
pmc: PMC6557413
pii:
doi:

Substances chimiques

Steroids 0

Types de publication

Case Reports Journal Article

Langues

eng

Sous-ensembles de citation

IM

Informations de copyright

© BMJ Publishing Group Limited 2019. No commercial re-use. See rights and permissions. Published by BMJ.

Déclaration de conflit d'intérêts

Competing interests: None declared.

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Auteurs

Peter Baoviet Nguyen (PB)

Department of Neurology, Royal Perth Hospital, Perth, Western Australia, Australia.

David Prentice (D)

Perron Institute, Queen Elizabeth II Medical Centre, Nedlands, Western Australia, Australia.

Robert Brazel (R)

Neurological Intervention and Imaging Service of Western Australia, Queen Elizabeth II Medical Centre, Nedlands, Western Australia, Australia.

Wai Kuen Leong (WK)

Department of Neurology, Royal Perth Hospital, Perth, Western Australia, Australia.

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