title: Aseptic leptomeningitis in systemic lupus erythematosus. A case report.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) with leptomeningeal involvement is a rare condition. We report a case in a 17-year-old woman.
  
  
  METHODS
  The patient was admitted to hospital with the complaints of vertigo, nausea, vomiting, headache, diplopia, ptosis on the left and weakness of the left leg. A diagnosis of SLE was established, with diffuse leptomeningeal involvement demonstrated by cranial magnetic resonance imaging. When treated with steroids, the clinical problems resolved almost completely.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Although rare, leptomeningeal involvement can complicate SLE. Cranial magnetic imaging can demonstrate tissue involvement. The condition responds to steroid therapy.
authors.affiliation: Ministry of Health, Department of Neurology, Ankara Research Hospital, Ankara, Turkey. oecoskun@hotmail.com
authors.forename: Ozlem
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Coşkun
authors.forename: H Tuğrul
authors.initials: HT
authors.lastname: Atasoy
authors.forename: Tuğba
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Tunç
authors.forename: Hülya
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Yildiz
authors.forename: Levent E
authors.initials: LE
authors.lastname: Inan
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D016080:Arachnoid Cysts / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000188:drug therapy; D003907:Dexamethasone / Q000627:therapeutic use; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D005938:Glucocorticoids / Q000627:therapeutic use; D006261:Headache / Q000150:complications; D006801:Humans; D008180:Lupus Erythematosus, Systemic / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000503:physiopathology; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D011859:Radiography
chemical_list: D005938:Glucocorticoids; D003907:Dexamethasone