A 79-Year-Old Woman With Worsening Headaches and Pachymeningeal Enhancement: A Case Report From the National Multiple Sclerosis Society Case Conference Proceedings

Neurol Neuroimmunol Neuroinflamm. 2024 Nov;11(6):e200308. doi: 10.1212/NXI.0000000000200308. Epub 2024 Aug 27.

Abstract

A 79-year-old woman presented with subacutely worsening headaches and right arm weakness. MRI showed diffuse pachymeningeal enhancement. Serologic workup revealed elevated erythrocyte sedimentation rate and C-reactive protein. CSF demonstrated elevated opening pressure, a lymphocytic pleocytosis, and elevated protein. We discuss our differential diagnosis and distinguish between 2 overlapping clinical entities.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Diagnosis, Differential
  • Female
  • Headache* / etiology
  • Humans
  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging
  • Meningitis / complications
  • Meningitis / diagnosis
  • Multiple Sclerosis / complications
  • Multiple Sclerosis / diagnosis