title: [Acute meningomyelitis and polyradiculoneuritis disclosing systemic lupus erythematosus].
abstract: A 25-year-old male presented purulent meningitis associated with transverse myelitis. Spinal T2-weighted MRI showed a large spinal cord with an intramedullary high signal. Infection resolved with antibiotic therapy but spastic paraplegia persisted. Four months later, he developed a Guillain-Barré syndrome with clinical and biological signs of systemic lupus erythematosus. Final outcome was fatal despite corticosteroid and immunoglobulin treatment.
authors.affiliation: Service de Neurologie, Rabat, Maroc.
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Mouti
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Harmouch
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: El Alaoui Faris
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Birouk
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kabbaj
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Aidi
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Jiddane
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Maazouzi
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Chkili
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease; D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008180:Lupus Erythematosus, Systemic / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis*; D008581:Meningitis / Q000209:etiology*; D009187:Myelitis / Q000209:etiology*; D011129:Polyradiculoneuropathy / Q000209:etiology*
vernacular_title: Méningomyélite et polyradiculonévrite aiguës révélant un lupus érythémateux disséminé