Large vessel vasculitis of the central nervous system in systemic lupus erythematosus: report and review of the literature.
Large vessel vasculitis rarely involves the central nervous system in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus. We describe an exemplary case, along with its dramatic cerebral angiogram, and review the literature on this unusual entity.
Weiner
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Division of Geriatrics, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC 27710.
Allen
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D000328:Adult; D000792:Angiography; D002490:Central Nervous System / Q000098:blood supply; D002493:Central Nervous System Diseases / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008180:Lupus Erythematosus, Systemic / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D014657:Vasculitis / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology