Primary angiitis of the central nervous system
Synonyms: Isolated angiitis of the central nervous system | PACNS | PCNSV | Primary central nervous system vasculitis | Primary vasculitis of the central nervous system
A rare medium or small vessel vasculitis characterized by focal and/or diffuse neurologic symptoms due to a documented arteritic process in the central nervous system in the absence of other identified underlying cause (infectious systemic other neurologic diseases etc.). It presents with non-specific symptoms of headache stroke or transient ischemic attacks with cognitive impairment hemiplegia weakness and rarely with cranial nerve involvement seizures and ataxia.
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Orphadata: Free access data from Orphanet. © INSERM 1999. Available on http: //www.orphadata.org. Data version September 2023.
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