Longstanding isolated cerebral systemic lupus erythematosus in an 8-year-old black girl. Resemblance with multiple sclerosis.
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.
van der Kaaden
A J
AJ
Department of Paediatrics, St. Elisabeth Hospital, Willemstad, Curaçao, Netherlands Antilles.
Kamphuis
D J
DJ
Nossent
J C
JC
Rico
R E
RE
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