Hypertrophic pachymeningitis: clinical features
Written and reviewed by Dr Ibrahim Imam, Consultant Neurologist. Last reviewed .
Hypertrophic pachymeningitis: clinical features. This is usually a chronic daily headache. Fully referenced neurology checklist.
Headache
- This is usually a chronic daily headache
- It most frequently manifests as chronic migraine
- It may mimic hemicrania continua: case report
Other clinical features
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Complications
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Differential diagnosis of thick enhancing meninges
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References
- Wang YJ, Fuh JL, Lirng JF, Lu SR, Wang SJ. Headache profile in patients with idiopathic hypertrophic cranial pachymeningitis. Headache 2004; 44:916-923.
- Russo A, Silvestro M, Cirillo M, Tessitore A, Tedeschi G. Idiopathic hypertrophic pachymeningitis mimicking hemicrania continua: an unusual clinical case. Cephalalgia 2017; 333102417708773 (Epub ahead of print).
- Khalil M, Ebner F, Fazekas F, Enzinger C. Neurological picture. Idiopathic hypertrophic cranial pachymeningitis: a rare but treatable cause of headache and facial pain. JNNP 2013; 84:354-355.
- Kupersmith, MJ, Martin V, Heller G, Shah A, Mitnick HJ. Idiopathic hypertrophic pachymeningitis. Neurology 2004; 62:686-694.
- Huang Y, Chen J, Gui L. A case of idiopathic hypertrophic pachymeningitis presenting with chronic headache and multiple cranial nerve palsies: a case report. Medicine (Baltimore) 2017; 96:e7549.
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