Intracranial hypertension with reversible cerebral edema: Atypical presentation of neuropsychiatric systemic lupus erythematosus

Salma Laassila, MD; Ghita Aboulem, MD; Naima Chtaou, MD; Mohammed Faouzi Belahsen, MD

Radiology Case Reports (May 2022)

Intracranial hypertension with reversible cerebral edema: Atypical presentation of neuropsychiatric systemic lupus erythematosus

Salma Laassila, MD,
Ghita Aboulem, MD,
Naima Chtaou, MD,
Mohammed Faouzi Belahsen, MD

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Salma Laassila, MD: Department of Neurology, Hassan II University Teaching Hospital, Fez, Morocco, Faculty of Medicine and Pharmacy, Sidi Mohammed Ben Abdellah University, Fez, salma laassila, Morocco; Corresponding author.
Ghita Aboulem, MD: Department of Neurology, Hassan II University Teaching Hospital, Fez, Morocco, Faculty of Medicine and Pharmacy, Sidi Mohammed Ben Abdellah University, Fez, salma laassila, Morocco
Naima Chtaou, MD: Department of Neurology, Hassan II University Teaching Hospital, Fez, Morocco, Faculty of Medicine and Pharmacy, Sidi Mohammed Ben Abdellah University, Fez, salma laassila, Morocco; Laboratory of Epidemiology, Clinical Research and Health Community, Sidi Mohammed Ben Abdellah University, Fez, salma laassila, Morocco
Mohammed Faouzi Belahsen, MD: Department of Neurology, Hassan II University Teaching Hospital, Fez, Morocco, Faculty of Medicine and Pharmacy, Sidi Mohammed Ben Abdellah University, Fez, salma laassila, Morocco; Laboratory of Epidemiology, Clinical Research and Health Community, Sidi Mohammed Ben Abdellah University, Fez, salma laassila, Morocco

Journal volume & issue: Vol. 17, no. 5
pp. 1416 – 1420

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We described in this article a 19-year-old girl with an intracranial hypertension as an initial presentation of neuropsychiatric lupus. The brain MRI showed diffuse, bilateral and symmetrical white and grey matter hyperintensities. These lesions completely disappeared after 3 months of treatment. Diffuse cerebral edema with or without leukoencephalopathy in neuropsychiatric systemic lupus erythematosus is an extremely rare entity.

Published in Radiology Case Reports

ISSN: 1930-0433 (Online)
Publisher: Elsevier
Country of publisher: United States
LCC subjects: Medicine: Medicine (General): Medical physics. Medical radiology. Nuclear medicine
Website: https://www.sciencedirect.com/journal/radiology-case-reports

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