Deep brain reversible encephalopathy: association with secondary antiphospholipid antibody syndrome.
We present a case of a patient with systemic lupus erythematosus and secondary antiphospholipid syndrome. The patient presented with acute right cerebellar infarction and clinical and imaging evidence of brain stem and bilateral thalamic encephalopathy that resolved completely.
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Department of Radiology, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Montefiore Medical Center, Bronx, NY 10467, USA. tej4321@hotmail.com
Shifteh
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Lipton
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Bello
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Brook
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D000328:Adult; D016736:Antiphospholipid Syndrome / Q000175:diagnosis*; D001929:Brain Edema / Q000175:diagnosis; D001933:Brain Stem / Q000473:pathology; D002526:Cerebellar Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis*; D002531:Cerebellum / Q000473:pathology; D002544:Cerebral Infarction / Q000175:diagnosis*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D020766:Intracranial Embolism / Q000175:diagnosis*; D008180:Lupus Erythematosus, Systemic / Q000175:diagnosis*; D020945:Lupus Vasculitis, Central Nervous System / Q000175:diagnosis*; D018810:Magnetic Resonance Angiography; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D013788:Thalamus / Q000473:pathology; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed