Spinal cord involvement in pediatric systemic lupus erythematosus: Case report and literature review

Clinical and Experimental Rheumatology

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 505-508

  Al Mayouf, S M ^a   Bahabri, S ^a  

^a KING FAISAL SPECIALIST HOSPITAL AND RESEARCH CENTER   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Cyclophosphamide transverse melitis; Discoid lupus; Spinal cord; Systemic lupus erythematosus

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ANTINUCLEAR ANTIBODY; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; PHOSPHOLIPID ANTIBODY; PREDNISONE; STEROID;

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MYELITIS; NEUROPSYCHIATRY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; ORGANIC BRAIN SYNDROME; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOSIS; SEIZURE; SPINAL CORD DISEASE; STEROID THERAPY; SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS; TOPICAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION;

ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; ATROPHY; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS, SYSTEMIC; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MYELITIS; PREDNISONE; SPINAL CORD;

EID: 0032816891     PISSN: 0392856X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

References (20)

1. YANCEY C, DOUGHTY R, ATHREYA B: Central nervous system involvement in childhood systemic lupus erythematosus. Arthritis Rheum 1981; 24: 1389-95.
2. STEINLIN M, BLASER S, GILDAY D et al.: Neurologic manifestations of pediatric systemic lupus erythematosus. Pediatr Neurol 1995; 13: 191-7.
3. KAVACS J, UROWITZ M, GLADMAN D: Dilemmas in neuropsychiatric lupus. Rheum Dis Clin North Am 1993; 19: 795-814.
4. WEST S: Lupus and the central nervous system. Curr Opin Rheum 1996; 8: 408-14.
5. ANDRIAN KOS A, DUFFY J, SUZUKI M, SHARP J: Transverse myelopathy in systemic lupus erythematosus: Report of three cases and review of the literature. Ann Intern Med 1975; 83: 616-24.
6. PENN A, ROWN A: Myelopathy in systemic lupus erythematosus. Arch Neurol 1968; 18: 337-49.
7. SCHARF I, NAHIR M, HEMLI J: Transverse myelitis with systemic lupus erythematosus. J Neurol 1977; 215: 231-2.
8. BACA V, SANCHEZ-VACA G, MARTINEZ-MUNIZ I, RAMIREZ-LACAYO M, LAVALLE C: Successful treatment of transverse myelitis in a child with systemic lupus erythematosus. Neuro Pediatr 1996; 27: 42-4.
9. MOK C, LAU C, CHAN E, WOND R: Acute transverse myelopathy in systemic lupus erythematosus: Clinical presentation, treatment and outcome. J Rheumatol 1998; 25: 467-73.
10. LOPEZ DUPLA M, KHAMASHTA M, SHANCHEZ A, INGLES F, URIOL P, AGUADO A: Transverse myelitis as a first manifestation of systemic lupus erythematosus: A case report. Lupus 1995; 4: 239-42.
11. WHITE P: Pediatric systemic lupus erythematosus and neonatal lupus. Rheum Dis Clin North Am 1994; 20: 119-27.
12. WARREN R, KSEDICH D: Transverse myelitis and acute central nervous system manifestations of systemic lupus erythematosus. Arthritis Rheum 1984; 27: 1058-60.
13. TAN E, COHEN A, FRIES J et al.: The 1982 revised criteria for the classification of the systemic lupus erythematosus. Arthritis Rheum 1982; 25: 1271-7.
14. PROPPER D, BUCKNALL R: Acute transverse myelopathy complicating SLE. Ann Rheum Dis 1989; 48: 512-5.
15. LAVALLE C, PIZARRO S, DRENKEND C: Transverse myelitis: A manifestations of SLE. J Rheumatol 1990; 17: 34-7.
16. TOLA M, GRANIERIE, PAOLINO E: SLE presenting with neurological disorders. J Neurology 1992; 239: 61-4.
17. DAVIES U, ANSELL B: Central nervous system manifestations in juvenile systemic lupus erythematosus: A problem of management. J Rheumatol 1988; 15: 1720-1.
18. HUGHES G: Central nervous system lupus diagnosis and treatment. J Rheumatol 1980; 7: 406-11.
19. BOUMPAS D, YAMADA H, PANTRONAS N, SCOTT D, KLIPPEL J, BALOW J: Pulse cyclophosphamide for severe neuropsychiatric lupus. QJM 1991; 296: 975-84.
20. BARILE L, LAVALLE C: Transverse myelitis in SLE. The effect of IV pulse methylprednisolone and cyclophosphamide. J Rheumatol 1992; 19: 370-2.