ArticleThe Neurohospitalist2020
Rheumatoid Meningitis: Clinical Characteristics, Diagnostic Evaluation, and Treatment.
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- Focal Motor Seizures as a Manifestation of Rheumatoid Meningitis: From the National Multiple Sclerosis Society Case Conference Proceedings.Neurology(R) neuroimmunology & neuroinflammation · 2026Article
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- Rheumatoid Meningitis Presenting With Paraplegia in the Absence of Arthritis: A Case Report and Literature Review.Cureus · 2025Article
- Beyond the Joints: Rheumatoid Meningitis as a Neurological Manifestation of Rheumatoid Arthritis.Cureus · 2025Article
- Rheumatoid Meningitis Mimicking Clinical and Radiological Findings of Subarachnoid Hemorrhage: A Case Report and Review of the Literature.NMC case report journal · 2025Article
- Rheumatoid meningitis: a case series report and review of modern therapeutic schemes and outcome.Neurological sciences : official journal of the Italian Neurological Society and of the Italian Society of Clinical Neurophysiology · 2024Review
- Rheumatoid meningitis in the absence of rheumatoid arthritis: 2 cases.BMC neurology · 2024Article
- New-onset seizures: an unusual neurologic manifestation of rheumatoid arthritis.Oxford medical case reports · 2024Article
- Cerebrospinal Fluid Analysis in Rheumatological Diseases with Neuropsychiatric Complications and Manifestations: A Narrative Review.Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Review
- A Case of Rheumatoid Meningitis Diagnosed with FLAIR Images and Anti-cyclic Citrullinated Peptide Antibodies Levels.NMC case report journal · 2024Article
- Rheumatoid Arthritis: A Rare Cause of Pachymeningitis and Optic Neuritis.European journal of case reports in internal medicine · 2024Article
- Non-infectious encephalopathy with recurrent stroke-like episodes: a case of rheumatoid meningitis.Neurological sciences : official journal of the Italian Neurological Society and of the Italian Society of Clinical Neurophysiology · 2023Article
- Rheumatoid meningitis: a rare neurological complication of rheumatoid arthritis.Frontiers in immunology · 2023Article
- Pachymeningitis in Biopsy-Proven Sarcoidosis: Clinical Course, Radiographic Findings, Response to Treatment, and Long-term Outcomes.Neurology(R) neuroimmunology & neuroinflammation · 2022Article
- Case Report: Rheumatoid meningitis with positive NMDAR antibody: A case treated with intravenous immunoglobulin.Frontiers in immunology · 2022Article
- Aseptic meningitis in rheumatoid arthritis after anti-TNF administration: a case-based literature review.Rheumatology international · 2021Review
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Abstract
background and purposeDue to the potential for high mortality and neurologic complications of rheumatoid meningitis (RM), awaiting biopsy confirmation may delay vital treatment intervention. Our aim was to describe the clinical presentations of RM in our population and determine whether meningeal biopsy impacted diagnosis, treatment, and outcomes.
methodsA retrospective chart review was completed for patients at Mayo Clinic with a diagnosis of RM within the last 28 years. Those with identified alternative inflammatory, infectious, or neoplastic causes of pachymeningitis or leptomeningitis were excluded.
resultsFourteen patients meeting inclusion/exclusion criteria were identified. All patients were positive for rheumatoid factor or cyclic citrullinated peptide. All patients had magnetic resonance imaging abnormalities characterized by pachymeningeal and/or leptomeningeal enhancement. Of the 10 patients who underwent biopsy, nonspecific findings were seen in 74%. All patients except one were treated with corticosteroids with subsequent symptomatic improvement. Radiographic improvement or resolution was seen in 10 (83%) of 12. Patients improved with corticosteroid treatment, including those who were diagnosed with RM on clinical basis without undergoing a biopsy as well.
conclusionsThis retrospective review displays the myriad of clinical presentations of RM. It also suggests that with appropriate exclusion of infectious, neoplastic, and other autoimmune etiologies, biopsy may not be necessary to initiate treatment.
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