PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Akin Nihat
AU  - Krishna Chinthapalli
AU  - Leslie Bridges
AU  - Paul Johns
AU  - Nidhi Sofat
AU  - Barry Moynihan
TI  - Rheumatoid meningitis
AID  - 10.1136/practneurol-2015-001306
DP  - 2016 Aug 01
TA  - Practical Neurology
PG  - 312--314
VI  - 16
IP  - 4
4099  - http://pn.bmj.com/content/16/4/312.short
4100  - http://pn.bmj.com/content/16/4/312.full
SO  - Pract Neurol2016 Aug 01; 16
AB  - Rheumatoid meningitis is a rare, potentially treatable condition that can mimic a wide range of neurological conditions, including vascular syndromes and encephalopathies. Despite a concurrent history of rheumatoid arthritis, patients often have no active synovitis. Here we describe a patient with rheumatoid meningitis who presented to a hyperacute stroke unit with dysarthria on waking and transient facial droop.