Fulminant leucocytoclastic brainstem vasculitis in a patient with otherwise indolent systemic lupus erythematosus

Lupus

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 486-490

  Kleinig, Timothy J ^a,b   Koszyca, B ^b   Blumbergs, P C ^b   Thompson, P ^a,b  

^a ROYAL ADELAIDE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cerebral vasculitis; Intracerebral haemorrhage; Systemic lupus erythematosus

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; HYDROXYCHLOROQUINE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; STEROID;

ADULT; ARTHRALGIA; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; BRAIN STEM; BRAIN VASCULITIS; CASE REPORT; COOMBS TEST; DEATH; FEMALE; GRAND MAL SEIZURE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LEUKOCYTOCLASTIC VASCULITIS; NEUROPATHIC PAIN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PARAPLEGIA; PLEURA EFFUSION; PNEUMONIA; POLYARTHRITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELAPSE; SPINAL CORD BIOPSY; SPINAL CORD DISEASE; SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS;

ADULT; BRAIN STEM; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTRACRANIAL HEMORRHAGES; LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS, SYSTEMIC; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; VASCULITIS, CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; VASCULITIS, HYPERSENSITIVITY;

EID: 65149102420     PISSN: 09612033     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0961203308101548     Document Type: Article

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