A Case of Acute Leukoencephalopathy in a Patient with Systemic Lupus Erythematosus.
- Author:
Seok Jae HAN
1
;
Ja Kyung JO
;
Yoon Young CHO
;
Hak Jun KIM
;
Sang Hyon KIM
;
Seung Hie CHUNG
;
Chae Gi KIM
;
Ji Eun KIM
;
Jung Yoon CHOE
Author Information
1. Departments of Internal Medicine, Catholic University of Daegu School of Medicine, Daegu, Korea. jychoe@cu.ac.kr
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords:
Systemic lupus erythematosus;
Magnetic resonance image;
Leukoencephalopathy
- MeSH:
Arthritis;
Basal Ganglia;
Brain;
Central Nervous System;
Cerebral Cortex;
Coma;
Consciousness;
Female;
Fever;
Headache;
Humans;
Leukoencephalopathies*;
Lupus Erythematosus, Systemic*;
Magnetic Resonance Imaging;
Neurologic Manifestations;
Seizures;
Thalamus;
Young Adult
- From:The Journal of the Korean Rheumatism Association
2005;12(2):132-136
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
Up to 70% of patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) are afflicted with neurologic manifestations. However, there are only a few reports documenting acute leukoencephalopathy in SLE. We describe a 20-year-old woman who was recently diagnosed as SLE, suffering from headache, fever and arthritis. She developed an acute onset of consciousness disturbance with seizure followed by prolonged coma, which recovered completely after 1 month of steroid therapy. Her brain MRI showed diffuse high signal intensity in the periventricular and subcortical white matter on T2-weighted and FLAIR images, whereas cerebral cortex, basal ganglia, and thalamus were spared. Acute leukoencephalopathy may be recognized as a subtype of lupus involving the central nervous system.
