title: Subacute cutaneous lupus erythematosus inducing unilateral sensorimotor neuropathy.
abstract: We describe the case of a 32-year-old male with previous history of subacute cutaneous lupus erythematosus (SCLE) who presented with arthritis followed by a unilateral lower-limb sensorimotor impairment, without biochemical or immunological marker abnormalities. Our patient currently satisfies only three of the systemic lupus international collaborating clinics criteria. Management of such patients is challenging due to lack of examples in the literature, with this case being the first described where a seronegative patient with SCLE demonstrated neurological involvement. A brief review of the available literature is included.
authors.affiliation: Rheumatology Department, Nicosia General Hospital, Nicosia, Cyprus.|Medical School, St George's University of London at the University of Nicosia, 93, Agiou Nicolaou Street, Engomi, 2408, Nicosia, Cyprus.
authors.forename: Savvas
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Psarelis
authors.affiliation: Medical School, St George's University of London at the University of Nicosia, 93, Agiou Nicolaou Street, Engomi, 2408, Nicosia, Cyprus. georgiades.f@live.sgul.ac.cy.|St Mary's Hospital, Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust, London, UK. georgiades.f@live.sgul.ac.cy.
authors.forename: Fanourios
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Georgiades
authors.affiliation: Department of Internal Medicine, Nicosia General Hospital, Nicosia, Cyprus.
authors.forename: Antreas
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Ioannou
authors.affiliation: Department of Internal Medicine, Nicosia General Hospital, Nicosia, Cyprus.
authors.forename: Eleni
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Xenophontos
authors.affiliation: Department of Histopathology, Nicosia General Hospital, Nicosia, Cyprus.
authors.forename: Georgios
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Georgiou
authors.affiliation: Department of Internal Medicine, Nicosia General Hospital, Nicosia, Cyprus.
authors.forename: Eleni
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Papanicolaou
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006801:Humans; D008178:Lupus Erythematosus, Cutaneous / Q000150:complications*; D008297:Male; D018908:Muscle Weakness / Q000209:etiology*; D010523:Peripheral Nervous System Diseases / Q000209:etiology*
keywords: Dunbar syndrome; Neuropathy; SLICC; Subacute cutaneous lupus erythematosus; Systemic lupus erythematosus