CLIPPERS: Chronic Lymphocytic Inflammation with Pontine Perivascular Enhancement Responsive to Steroids

Farhad Assarzadegan; Omid Hesami; Behnam Safarpour Lima; Anahita Zoghi; Ehsan Sakhaee

doi:10.22037/icnj.v3i4.15717

International Clinical Neuroscience Journal (Oct 2016)

CLIPPERS: Chronic Lymphocytic Inflammation with Pontine Perivascular Enhancement Responsive to Steroids

Farhad Assarzadegan,
Omid Hesami,
Behnam Safarpour Lima,
Anahita Zoghi,
Ehsan Sakhaee

Affiliations

Farhad Assarzadegan: Department of Neurology, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Science, Tehran, Iran
Omid Hesami: Department of Neurology, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Science, Tehran, Iran
Behnam Safarpour Lima: Department of Neurology, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Science, Tehran, Iran
Anahita Zoghi: Department of Neurology, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Science, Tehran, Iran
Ehsan Sakhaee: Department of Neurology, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Science, Tehran, Iran

DOI: https://doi.org/10.22037/icnj.v3i4.15717
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 3, no. 4
pp. 219 – 223

Abstract

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A novel type of brainstem-predominant encephalomyelitis was first described as chronic lymphocytic inflammation with pontine perivascular enhancement responsive to steroids (CLIPPERS) in 2010 by Pittocket al and then few additional patients were reported. Here we report a 50-year-old Iranian male who presented with a number of clinical features described as typical for CLIPPERS. The association of typical clinical presentation and typical MR imaging could be sufficient for a reliable diagnosis of CLIPPERS.

Published in International Clinical Neuroscience Journal

ISSN: 2383-1871 (Print); 2383-2096 (Online)
Publisher: Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences
Country of publisher: Iran, Islamic Republic of
LCC subjects: Medicine
Website: http://journals.sbmu.ac.ir/Neuroscience

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