Devic's syndrome concomitant with nephritis in a young woman.
We presented a 34-year-old woman with blurred vision and inability to walk due to acute optic neuritis and transverse myelitis, neuromyelitis optica (Devic's syndrome), for an interesting presentation of this syndrome with proteinuria as the first manifestation of systemic lupus erythematosus.
Mottaghi
Peyman
P
Department of Internal Medicine, Al Zahra Hospital, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran. motaghi@med.mui.ac.ir
Ashtari
Fereshteh
F
Karimzadeh
Hadi
H
Seidbonakdar
Zahra
Z
Karimifar
Mansoor
M
Salesi
Mansour
M
D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007166:Immunosuppressive Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D008180:Lupus Erythematosus, Systemic / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy; D009188:Myelitis, Transverse / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis; D009393:Nephritis / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis*; D009471:Neuromyelitis Optica / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis*; D011507:Proteinuria / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis
D007166:Immunosuppressive Agents