Lupus Myelopathy in a Child


Autoria(s): Vieira, JP; Ortet, O; Barata, D; Abranches, M; Gomes, JM
Data(s)

05/04/2011

05/04/2011

2002

Resumo

A 5-year-old female developed, after a 7-month period of fever, anorexia, weight loss, and a transitory cutaneous erythematous eruption, a severe acute transverse myelopathy, with a partial recovery of motor and sensory function. She had positive antinuclear and antidouble-stranded DNA antibodies but no antiphospholipid antibodies. Six months later she had massive proteinuria and restarted treatment with steroids and cyclophosphamide. Our patient is one of the youngest reported with lupus myelopathy. We discuss the clinical presentation, the magnetic resonance imaging findings, and other relevant laboratory studies of this rare but serious complication of systemic lupus erythematosus.

Identificador

Pediatr Neurol. 2002;27(4):303-306

http://hdl.handle.net/10400.17/68

Idioma(s)

eng

Publicador

Elsevier

Direitos

openAccess

Palavras-Chave #Criança #Lúpus Eritematoso #Ressonância Magnética #Mielopatia #HDE PED #HDE UCI PED #HDE NEU PED
Tipo

article