Table 2. Causes of Hypertrophic Pachymeningitis.
Inflammatory/autoimmune [23-25] | Idiopathic (67%) ANCA-associated vasculitis (15%) IgG4-related disease Sarcoidosis Rheumatoid arthritis Sjogren syndrome Systemic lupus erythematosus Giant-cell arteritis |
Infectious [24] | Tuberculous meningitis (8%) Viral meningitis (6%) Bacterial meningitis (4%) |
Neoplastic [24] | Lymphoma Meningioma Histiocytosis Carcinomatous meningitis |
Other [24] | Previous surgical procedure Cerebrospinal fluid hypotension |
ANCA: antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibody.