Cecchi P C, Caramaschi P, Pinna G, Schwarz A, Bricolo A
Operative Unit of Neurosurgery, Hospital of Bolzano, Italy.
J Neurosurg Sci. 2006 Dec;50(4):119-22.
Cerebral vasculitis is an uncommon cause of haemorrhagic stroke. A case of intracerebral haemorrhage in a patient with eosinophilic fasciitis, a rare scleroderma-like connective tissue disease, with a possible inflammatory involvement of cerebral vessels is reported. Pathogenetic mechanism of such association and diagnostic controversies are reviewed.