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ReviewNeurological sciences : official journal of the Italian Neurological Society and of the Italian Society of Clinical Neurophysiology2024

Unusual CLIPPERS presentation with a predominant spinal cord involvement: case report and review of the literature.

Alessandro Cruciani, Francesco Motolese, Carla Tortorella, Shalom Haggiag, Francesca Santoro, Valeria Pozzilli, Mariagrazia Rossi, Fabio Pilato, Claudio Gasperini, Vincenzo Di Lazzaro and 1 more

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Review in Neurological sciences : official journal of the Italian Neurological Society and of the Italian Society of Clinical Neurophysiology, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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  2. Diagnostic challenges in SLIPPERS syndrome: Case report.Multiple sclerosis journal - experimental, translational and clinical
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11 authors.

Alessandro CrucianiDepartment of Medicine and Surgery, Unit of Neurology, Neurophysiology, Neurobiology and Psychiatry, Università Campus Bio-Medico di Roma, Rome, Italy. alessandro.cruciani@unicampus.it.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2631-4185
Francesco MotoleseDepartment of Medicine and Surgery, Unit of Neurology, Neurophysiology, Neurobiology and Psychiatry, Università Campus Bio-Medico di Roma, Rome, Italy.
Carla TortorellaDipartimento di Neuroscienze, Ospedale San Camillo-Forlanini, Rome, Italy.
Shalom HaggiagDipartimento di Neuroscienze, Ospedale San Camillo-Forlanini, Rome, Italy.
Francesca SantoroDepartment of Medicine and Surgery, Unit of Neurology, Neurophysiology, Neurobiology and Psychiatry, Università Campus Bio-Medico di Roma, Rome, Italy.
Valeria PozzilliDepartment of Medicine and Surgery, Unit of Neurology, Neurophysiology, Neurobiology and Psychiatry, Università Campus Bio-Medico di Roma, Rome, Italy.
Mariagrazia RossiDepartment of Medicine and Surgery, Unit of Neurology, Neurophysiology, Neurobiology and Psychiatry, Università Campus Bio-Medico di Roma, Rome, Italy.
Fabio PilatoDepartment of Medicine and Surgery, Unit of Neurology, Neurophysiology, Neurobiology and Psychiatry, Università Campus Bio-Medico di Roma, Rome, Italy.
Claudio GasperiniDipartimento di Neuroscienze, Ospedale San Camillo-Forlanini, Rome, Italy.
Vincenzo Di LazzaroDepartment of Medicine and Surgery, Unit of Neurology, Neurophysiology, Neurobiology and Psychiatry, Università Campus Bio-Medico di Roma, Rome, Italy.
Fioravante CaponeDepartment of Medicine and Surgery, Unit of Neurology, Neurophysiology, Neurobiology and Psychiatry, Università Campus Bio-Medico di Roma, Rome, Italy.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Chronic lymphocytic inflammation with pontine perivascular enhancement responsive to steroids (CLIPPERS) is a discrete nosological entity characterized by punctate and curvilinear gadolinium enhancement "peppering" the pons and a strong response to steroids. MRI images typically show pontine and cerebellar punctate-enhancing lesions, which occasionally spread up to the juxtacortical areas and down to the spinal cord. Interestingly, the more distant the lesion is from the pons, the less intense they become. Herein, we describe an extremely rare case of CLIPPERS presenting with predominant spinal cord involvement; then, we searched in the literature the available cases with a similar presentation. Our case focuses attention on a rare MRI CLIPPERS presentation. Since CLIPPERS has a dramatic response to corticosteroid treatment, it is fundamental to promptly recognize its MRI pattern to start treatment as soon as possible.

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Magnetic Resonance ImagingSpinal CordHumansPonsCLIPPERSCorticosteroidsMRISpinal cordUnusual pattern

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