Juvenile systemic lupus erythematosus: neurological involvement Lupus erítematoso sistêmico juvenil: comprometimento neurológico

With the purpose of analyzing the neurological involvement due to systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), we evaluated 17 female patients who were seen regularly at the hospital and had been diagnosed as having SLE according to classification criteria proposed by the American College of Rheumatology rev...

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Published in:Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria
Main Authors: Katia M.R.S. Schmutzler, Luiz Celso P. Vilanova, José Geraldo C. Lima, Maria Odete Hilário, Charles K. Naspitz
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Thieme Revinter Publicações 1997-09-01
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0004-282X1997000400016
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Summary:With the purpose of analyzing the neurological involvement due to systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), we evaluated 17 female patients who were seen regularly at the hospital and had been diagnosed as having SLE according to classification criteria proposed by the American College of Rheumatology revised in 1982, before the age of 16. Neurological involvement was detected in 12 patients (71%): headache (35%), extrapyramidal syndrome (35%), epileptic syndrome (24%) pyramidal syndrome (24%), peripheral neuropathy (12%) and optic neuritis (6%). The findings of CT scan (58%) and cerebrospinal fluid (50%) were most closely correlated to clinical neurological involvement.<br>Com o objetivo de analisar o comprometimento neurológico secundário ao lupus eritematoso sistêmico (LES), avaliamos pacientes que estavam em acompanhamento ambulatorial. Foram selecionadas 17 pacientes do sexo feminino cujo diagnóstico do LES foi até a idade de 16 anos, e preencheu os critérios para a classificação propostos pelo Colégio Americano de Reumatologia revisados em 1982. O comprometimento neurológico foi observado em 12 pacientes (71%): cefaléia (35%), síndrome extrapiramidal (35%), síndrome epiléptica (24%), síndrome piramidal (24%), neuropatia periférica (12%) e neurite óptica (6%). Dos exames complementares a tomografia coputadorizada de crânio (58%) e o líquido cefalorraquidiano (50%) mostraram maior correlação com a presença de comprometimento neurológico.
ISSN:0004-282X
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