UNLABELLED Neuropsychiatric systemic lupus erythematosus (NPSLE) is one of the most difficult manifestations of lupus to diagnose. Measurement of serum brain antibodies has contributed to early diagnosis and management of NPSLE before development of a debilitating disease. We aimed to assess the value of serum anti-ganglioside M1 antibodies in prediction of NPSLE, in comparison to other antibod...

background: systemic lupus erythematosus (sle) has various presentations in children. hematologic abnormalities is common in childhood onset of sle, however, isolated thrombocytopenia is relatively rare. thus, we present a child with isolated thrombocytopenia as a rare presentation of sle. case presentation: a 12-year-old boy with chief complaints of loss of appetite, weight loss, decreased pla...

a twelve year old girl, an established case of systemic lupus erythematosus, was referred to us suffering from diplopia and nasal speech for a period of 3 months. neurological examination was conducted which revealed a right-sided sixth nerve palsy and a pulsatile nasopharyngeal mass. neurodiagnostic imaging studies confirmed a giant intracavernous internal carotid aneurysm. the malady of the a...

Background Juvenile Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (SLE) is an autoimmune disease with variable clinical features. Neurologic and psychiatric symptoms are reported to occur in 10 to 80 percent of patients either prior to the diagnosis of systemic lupus erythematosus, or during the course of their illness. The neuropsychiatric manifestations of SLE are varied, and may be classified as primary neur...

background: systemic lupus erythematosus is a systemic autoimmune disorder with unclear etiology. the importance of some genes in the development of systemic lupus erythematosus has been implicated. the gene polymorphism in codon 72 has attracted a lot of attention and its role in the occurrence or progression of many cancers and autoimmune diseases especially systemic lupus erythematosus has b...

Neuropsychiatric systemic lupus erythematosus, which often entails cognitive disturbances and memory loss, has become a major complication for lupus patients. Previously, we developed a murine model of neuropsychiatric lupus based on Abs that cross-react with dsDNA and the NMDA receptor (NMDAR). We showed that these murine Abs impair cognition when they access the CNS through a breach in the bl...

central nervous system ranks among the favorite sites to get involved by nocardia astroides. this opportunistic organism complicates many disorders characterized by cellular or humoral immunity disturbances.a 36-year-old woman is being presented, known to have systemic lupus erythematosus (sle) and having received a two year course of corticosteroid treatment. cerebellar abscess was found on di...