Brain Biopsy in CNS primary Vasculitis

Abstract

Clinical and neuropathological features of brain biopsies in 13 children diagnosed with angiography-negative, small vessel primary central nervous system angiitis (SVcPACNS) were characterized in a prospective cohort study at the Hospital for Sick Children, University of Toronto, Canada.

Keywords

• c-reactive protein
• pleocytosis
• severe headaches