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Pseudotumor cerebri and leukoencephalopathy in childhood lupus

Department of Neurosciences, KFSH&RC, Box 3354, Riyadh 11211, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

Omar Dabbagh, MD

Department of Neurosciences, Division of Pediatric Neurology, King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Centre, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

Sultan Bahabri

Department of Pediatrics, Division of Pediatric Rheumatology, King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Centre, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

We describe an adolescent with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) and pseudotumor cerebri (PTC) associated with diffuse white matter lesions (leukoencephalopathy) on neuroimaging studies. Although the association between SLE and PTC has been reported previously in 21 cases, the findings of leukoencephalopathy is known in only one other patient.

Key Words: pseudotumor cerebri • dural sinus thrombosis • SLE • leukoencephalopathy

Lupus, Vol. 8, No. 1, 81-84 (1999)
DOI: 10.1191/096120399678847317


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