CNS Complications of Rheumatoid Arthritis

Abstract

Mass lesions in the basal ganglia bilaterally and mainly involving the globus pallidus are reported in a two year old boy with juvenile rheumatoid arthritis from the Department of Pediatrics, Hokushin General Hospital, Nishi, Nagano, Japan.

Keywords

• rheumatoid arthritis
• hypotonia
• deep tendon reflexes