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ArticleBMJ case reports2023

Rituximab for treatment of pachymeningitis in granulomatosis with polyangiitis.

Aditi Patankar, Sandeep Yadav, Canchi Balakrishnan, Sahana Baliga

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Article in BMJ case reports, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Aditi PatankarRheumatology, PD Hinduja National Hospital and Medical Research Centre, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India captainaditi@gmail.com.
Sandeep YadavRheumatology, PD Hinduja National Hospital and Medical Research Centre, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6460-1743
Canchi BalakrishnanRheumatology, PD Hinduja National Hospital and Medical Research Centre, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India.
Sahana BaligaRheumatology, PD Hinduja National Hospital and Medical Research Centre, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5571-747X
P. D. Hinduja Hospital and Medical Research Centre · IN

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Pachymeningitis is a rare manifestation of granulomatosis with polyangiitis (GPA), and there is a paucity of literature regarding the efficiency of rituximab (RTX) in such cases. We present a woman in her early 50s with GPA who initially responded adequately to conventional therapy. However, the treatment course was complicated by pulmonary cryptococcosis. The patient later developed non-infectious pachymeningitis, which failed to respond to steroids and methotrexate. However, using RTX upfront led to good clinical response and radiological resolution.

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Granulomatosis with PolyangiitisMeningitisFemaleHumansMethotrexateRadiographyRituximabMethotrexateRituximabBiological agentsCryptococcosisVasculitis

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PMID37451799
PMCPMC10351232
OpenAlexW4384301675

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