Effective antituberculous therapy in a patient with CLIPPERS: New insights into CLIPPERS pathogenesis

摘要

Chronic lymphocytic inflammation with pontine perivascular enhancement responsive to steroids (CLIPPERS) is a brainstem relapsing-remitting inflammatory disease. To date, no treatment besides corticosteroids has been shown to be effective to treat relapses. We report a patient with CLIPPERS initially misdiagnosed with CNS tuberculosis who presented with brainstem attacks responsive to antituberculous therapy.