title: [Diagnostic methods of central nervous system changes in SLE patients].
abstract: Systemic lupus erythematosus is an autoimmune, multiorgan disease, in the course of which central nervous system (CNS) disturbances are usually observed. Pathomechanism of CNS changes is complex and not fully investigated. Neuropathological alterations are often not characteristic, usually caused by vasculopathy, infarction, hemorrhages or infection. Vascular changes are generally disseminated and develop in different time period, sometimes they precede clinical symptoms. Currently applied diagnostic methods and their usefulness in diagnosis of CNS involvement in lupus patients, especially single photon emission computed tomography (SPECT), are presented.
authors.affiliation: Katedra i Klinika Dermatologii i Wenerologii, Uniwersytetu Medycznego w Lodzi.
authors.forename: Anna
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Wozniacka
authors.forename: Jacek
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Kusmierek
authors.forename: Iwona
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Andrzejewska
authors.forename: Marcin
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Pełka
authors.forename: Anna
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Sysa-Jedrzejowska
authors.forename: Andrzej
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Bogucki
mesh_terms: D001921:Brain / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D002493:Central Nervous System Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000209:etiology*; D002560:Cerebrovascular Circulation; D006801:Humans; D008180:Lupus Erythematosus, Systemic / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D020945:Lupus Vasculitis, Central Nervous System / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology; D015899:Tomography, Emission-Computed, Single-Photon