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A Case of Periarteritis Nodosa of the Central Nervous System

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  08 February 2018

Mavis E. Mackay ,
Turner McLardy  and
Cyril Harris
Mavis E. Mackay
Affiliation:
Holloway Sanatorium, Virginia Water
Turner McLardy
Affiliation:
Bethlem Royal and Maudsley Hospital, London
Cyril Harris
Affiliation:
Holloway Sanatorium, Virginia Water
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This is a clinical and pathological report on an unusual case of periarteritis nodosa in which the disease was confined chiefly to the brain and spinal cord. The diffuseness, variability and intermittency of the neurological signs and symptoms over a period of two years, in the absence of many of the more usual somatic manifestations of periarteritis nodosa, was responsible for the nature of the disorder not being diagnosed before death. Mental symptoms were prominent throughout the last year of illness. T.A.B. pyrexial therapy coincided with a marked remission in physical and mental symptoms, whilst arsenical therapy appeared to precipitate the terminal exacerbation of symptoms.

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Part I.—Original Articles
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Journal of Mental Science , Volume 96 , Issue 403 , April 1950 , pp. 470 - 475
Copyright
Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1950 

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