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A cerebral phenotype of chronic lymphocytic inflammation with pontine perivascular enhancement responsive to steroids: A case report and review of the literature.
Multiple sclerosis and related disorders - 1 Feb 2018
Okune Sho, Ishii Kazuhiro, Ouchi Shogo, Sakakura Kazuki, Matsuda Masahide, Tamaoka Akira
Abstract excerpt
CLIPPERS (chronic lymphocytic inflammation with pontine perivascular enhancement responsive to steroids) is an inflammatory central nervous system disorder that gives rise to brainstem symptoms such as diplopia and articulatory disorders. It shows characteristic "salt-and-pepper" enhancing brainstem lesions on magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scans. We present an unusual case of CLIPPERS, in which a 29-year-old...
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