Neuropsychiatric Lupus Presenting as a Thalamic Infarct in a Male Patient
- Author:
Ji Sun NA
1
;
Jae Sik JUNG
;
Jong Hun BAK
;
Young Jae KI
;
Yun Sung KIM
;
Hyun Sook KIM
Author Information
1. Department of Internal Medicine, Chosun University College of Medicine, Gwangju, Korea. healthyra@chosun.ac.kr
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords:
Systemic lupus erythematosus;
Neuropsychiatric lupus;
Thalamic infarction
- MeSH:
Autoimmune Diseases;
Brain;
Central Nervous System;
Female;
Humans;
Infarction;
Lupus Erythematosus, Systemic;
Male;
Young Adult
- From:Korean Journal of Medicine
2012;82(6):769-773
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is an autoimmune disease that can manifest systemically in many organs. It is most common in women of child-bearing age. Neuropsychiatric SLE is characterized by central nervous system (CNS) symptoms. CNS manifestations of SLE have been discovered in all parts of the brain, although thalamic infarcts associated with SLE are rare, especially in males. Here, we report a thalamic infarction in a 22-year-old male SLE patient.
