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18424360

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
4
pubmed:dateCreated
2008-4-21
pubmed:abstractText
Nervous system manifestations are present in up to 70% of patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE). The spectrum of clinical symptoms varies widely, from severe, life-threatening symptoms at presentation, such as transverse myelitis, to symptoms of more subtle and subclinical abnormalities of neurocognitive function. We report the case of a 14-year-old patient with SLE and lupus nephritis under regular steroid therapy, who had a sudden onset of consciousness change. Brain magnetic resonance imaging showed a huge mass lesion. After surgical decompression and corticosteroid pulse therapy, the patient's neurologic symptoms improved dramatically. Brain biopsy revealed perivasculitis of the brain with marked perivascular infiltration of eosinophils, macrophages, and neutrophils. Microhemorrhage was also evident. The patient recovered without obvious neurologic sequelae.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Apr
pubmed:issn
1607-551X
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
24
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
218-22
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2008
pubmed:articleTitle
Tumor-like cerebral perivasculitis in a pediatric patient with systemic lupus erythematosus.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Pediatrics, Yuan's General Hospital, Kaohsiung, Taiwan.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Case Reports