Cerebral vasculitis
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| Term | Cerebral vasculitis |
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| Description | Inflammation of blood vessels within the central nervous system. |
| Definition | Cerebral vasculitis
Primary vasculitis is usually caused by autoimmune or idiopathic factors, while secondary vasculitis is caused by existing disease process. Clinical manifestations are highly variable but include headache; seizures; behavioral alterations; intracranial hemorrhages; transient ischemic attack; and brain infarction. |
| References | 1. NCBI, MeSH http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?cmd=search&db=mesh&term=Cerebralvasculitis |
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