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SUBMITTER: Miyawaki EK
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7383149 | biostudies-literature | 2020 May-Aug
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Miyawaki Edison K EK Hsu Liangge L Bhattacharyya Shamik S O'Hare Meabh J MJ Roy Alexis A Kett Lauren L Caplan Rachel A RA Dattilo Lillian W LW Jo Vickie Y VY Guenette Jeffrey P JP
Case reports in neurology 20200501 2
We report two cases of biopsy-corroborated "fibrosing inflammatory pseudotumor" to illustrate that the entity, rarely described in the neurological literature, should be included in the differential diagnosis of either a cranial mononeuropathy or, certainly, in the case of progressive cranial neuropathies. A broad differential diagnosis arises in certain contexts. Early steroid treatment can be effective, and perhaps later-generation immune-modulating agents may confer further options, although ...[more]