title: [The role of the central nervous system in lupus erythematosus].
abstract: Central nervous system involvement of systemic lupus erythematosus was observed in 34 (36%) of the 94 patients studied between 1970-1990. A review of the diagnostic methods and therapy for central nervous system lupus is presented. The diagnosis of primary cerebral lupus was based on the history, physical examination and on the results of the cerebrospinal fluid analysis, CT-scan and EEG. Intractable headache (22/34), behavioural abnormalities (18/34), cranial neuropathy (16/34) occurred most frequently among neuropsychiatric symptoms. Immunoglobulin analysis of the cerebrospinal fluid proved to be the most sensitive method for detecting clinical activity (in 20/23). Central nervous system involvement was suggested by conventional serological test to a lesser degree. Alterations on CT scan and EEG were found in 17/27 and 14/26 of cases, respectively. IgM, IgA, and IgG indexes (indicators of intratechal immunglobulin synthesis) decreased when the central nervous system events subsided after successful treatment but the CT abnormalities (e. g. atrophy) were not altered.
authors.affiliation: Semmelweis Orvostudományi Egyetem, III. Belgyógyászati Klinika, Budapest.
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Pozsonyi
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Baraczka
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Jakab
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Péterfy
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Novák
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Cseh
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Kalabay
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Jakab
mesh_terms: D004569:Electroencephalography; D006801:Humans; D008180:Lupus Erythematosus, Systemic / Q000134:cerebrospinal fluid / Q000503:physiopathology*; D009422:Nervous System Diseases / Q000134:cerebrospinal fluid / Q000503:physiopathology*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed
vernacular_title: A központi idegrendszer részvétele systemás lupus erythematosusban.