Abstract
Rheumatoid meningitis, a very rare complication, is not well-recognised, and there are few reports describing its treatment. We report the case of a 74-year-old Japanese woman who was diagnosed with rheumatoid meningitis by characteristic brain magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and was successfully treated with glucocorticoids. We observed fluid-attenuated inversion recovery and diffusion-weighted imaging hyperintensity, which had a meningeal gadolinium-enhancing characteristic of rheumatoid meningitis. We suggest that it is possible to diagnose this disease based on characteristic MRI findings and treat patients early using glucocorticoids.
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