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2020


Curr Med Imaging Rev


16


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Unusual Cerebral Involvement of Rheumatoid Arthritis Mimicking a Tumor.

Authors

Tokdemir S, Toprak H, Alkan A
Curr Med Imaging Rev. 2020; 16(2):145-148.
PMID: 32003314.

Abstract

The central nervous system's involvement in Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA) is infrequent and can be life-threatening. Mass-like CNS involvement is an unusual presentation. A 45 year old man had suffered seropositive rheumatoid arthritis for five years referred to our hospital with one-week history of right-sided facial paralysis, left hemiparesis and headache.