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- Title
REVERSIBLE POSTERIOR LEUCOENCEPHALOPATHY IN AN 11 YEAR-OLD MALE CHILD WITH LUPUS NEPHRITIS.
- Authors
Tabel, Yılmaz; Akin, İlke Mungan; Güngör, Serdal; Karakurt, Cemşit; Özgen, Ünsal
- Abstract
Systemic lupus erythematosus is a chronic inflammatory disease characterized by highly diverse clinical manifestations. The major organ system involvements in childhood systemic lupus erythematosus are similar to those found in adults. Recognizing and reversing secondary causes of central nervous system abnormalities in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus are essential for preventing long-term neurologic disability or death. In this manuscript, we present an 11 year-old male followed up in our clinic, who had the very rare involvement and complications of systemic lupus erythematosus in childhood. He developed a reversible posterior leucoencephalopathy after the first dose of cyclophosphamide, but cyclophosphamide therapy was not stopped as there was no clear evidence in the literature related to the role of this drug in reversible posterior leucoencephalopathy. The patient has now recovered.
- Subjects
SYSTEMIC lupus erythematosus treatment; LUPUS nephritis; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; AUTOANTIBODIES; ERYTHROCYTES; ULTRASONIC imaging; PATIENTS
- Publication
Marmara Medical Journal, 2010, Vol 23, Issue 1, p51
- ISSN
1019-1941
- Publication type
Case Study