Chronic lymphocytic inflammation with pontine perivascular enhancement responsive to steroids may extend above and below pons and is associated with other autoimmune diseases

Brent Berry, Stephanie Joppa, Edward Labin, Vikram Puram, Kaci McCleary, H. Brent Clark, Flavia Nelson

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Abstract

Many autoimmune diseases can affect the central nervous system, and their varying clinical presentations often confound a straightforward diagnosis. In this report, we describe a unique presentation of CLIPPERS syndrome. To our knowledge, this is the first case to demonstrate significant supratentorial involvement with symmetric and non-confluent lesions in the medial orbitofrontal cortex; additionally, this is the second case to describe an association between diagnoses of hypothyroidism and CLIPPERS.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Article number1120
JournalLife
Volume11
Issue number11
DOIs
StatePublished - Nov 2021

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Keywords

  • Autoimmune disease
  • Brainstem
  • CLIPPERS
  • Neuroinflammation
  • Perivascular infiltration

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