title: Longstanding isolated cerebral systemic lupus erythematosus in an 8-year-old black girl. Resemblance with multiple sclerosis.
abstract: We describe a 12-year-old girl with SLE who presented with longstanding isolated neurological symptoms resembling MS. The literature concerning the difficulties in diagnostic procedures in cerebral SLE are reviewed in comparison to MS.
authors.affiliation: Department of Paediatrics, St. Elisabeth Hospital, Willemstad, Curaçao, Netherlands Antilles.
authors.forename: A J
authors.initials: AJ
authors.lastname: van der Kaaden
authors.forename: D J
authors.initials: DJ
authors.lastname: Kamphuis
authors.forename: J C
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Nossent
authors.forename: R E
authors.initials: RE
authors.lastname: Rico
mesh_terms: D044383:Black People; D001925:Brain Damage, Chronic / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000503:physiopathology; D002648:Child; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005074:Evoked Potentials, Visual / Q000502:physiology; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008180:Lupus Erythematosus, Systemic / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000503:physiopathology; D009103:Multiple Sclerosis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000503:physiopathology; D009460:Neurologic Examination; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed