Myelitis in Systemic Lupus Erythematosus: Clinical Features and Approach
نویسندگان
چکیده
منابع مشابه
[Transverse myelitis in systemic lupus erythematosus].
OBJECTIVE Transverse myelitis (TM) is a rare complication in patients with systemic lupus erithematosus (SLE). We reviewed a series of our SLE patients to determine the prevalence of TM, and evaluate the clinical characteristics, medical tests, evolution and response to the treatment. PATIENTS AND METHOD Six patients with TM were identified and underwent a neurological evaluation, MRI, electr...
متن کاملNeurobrucellosis in systemic lupus erythematosus
Background: Brucellosis is a zoonotic infection which is endemic in many countries. It is a multisystem disease which may present with a broad spectrum of clinical manifestations and complications. Neurobrucellosis is an uncommon complication of brucellosis. Case presentation: A 25-year-old woman with a history of lupus for 5 months referred to the emergency ward of Shahid Beheshti Hosp...
متن کاملSystemic Lupus Erythematosus: Pathogenesis and Clinical Features
Use the epidemiology and natural history of • systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) to inform diagnostic and therapeutic decisions Describe and explain the key events in the • pathogenesis of SLE and critically analyse the contribution of genetics, epigenetics, hormonal, and environmental factors to the immune aberrancies found in the disease Explain the key symptoms and signs of the • diseases...
متن کاملClinical and radiological features of osteonecrosis in systemic lupus erythematosus.
Symptomatic osteonecrosis occurred in 8 out of 68 patients with systemic lupus erythematosus. Multiple joints were involved in 3 patients, and weight-bearing joints were most frequently affected. Osteonecrosis tended to occur early in the disease, and the patients had all received corticosteroids. Symptoms tended to occur when the disease had progressed from an active phase into one of clinical...
متن کاملMyelitis in the course of systemic lupus erythematosus: review.
Myelopathy manifested clinically as acute longitudinal or transverse myelitis constitutes one of the most severe and rare neuropsychiatric manifestations of systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) (1-3% of patients). Myelitis has been observed less commonly in other connective tissue diseases, mostly in antiphospholipid syndrome, and rarely in Sjögren's syndrome, Behçet's disease and mixed connectiv...
متن کاملذخیره در منابع من
با ذخیره ی این منبع در منابع من، دسترسی به آن را برای استفاده های بعدی آسان تر کنید
ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Biomedical Journal of Scientific & Technical Research
سال: 2018
ISSN: 2574-1241
DOI: 10.26717/bjstr.2018.08.001683