Clinical diagnosis and successful treatment of inflammatory XXXX .

@entity8267 @entity1 @entity410 @entity230 @entity548 @entity63 @entity2204 @entity73 @entity4 @entity229 @entity2333
INTRODUCTION: @entity8267 is a major cause of lobar @entity548 in older adults, and of microvascular @entity63 . The rarest form of this disease is an inflammatory form causing @entity410 . It is important to recognize because the @entity1 usually respond to a brief course of immunosuppression. METHODS: Case report. RESULTS: A 66-year-old @entity1 developed gradual @entity73 , insidiously increasing headaches, and then had a likely @entity410 . MRI showed @entity4 , and innumerable superficial microhemorrhages characteristic of @entity2333 . He was empirically treated with oral @entity229 and an anticonvulsant. His symptoms improved and the white matter @entity4 resolved over several months. @entity2204 genotype was 4/4, which is commonly found in inflammatory @entity2333 . CONCLUSIONS: Inflammatory @entity8267 can be clinically diagnosed and treated without brain biopsy. Clinical diagnosis is important because of the good response to a brief course of @entity230 in most cases.
