A Rare Presentation of Lupus Nephritis Flare up with Posterior Reversible Leucoencephalopathy.

J Clin Diagn Res

Professor and Head, Department of Nephrology, Institute of Nephrourology, Bangalore, India .

Published: January 2016

Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is associated with various neurologic or psychiatric abnormalities and Posterior Reversible Leuco Encephalopathy Syndrome (PRES) is very rare neurological manifestation in SLE. PRES is associated with various clinical manifestations, like, seizures, visual loss, headaches, vomiting altered mental status and rarely focal neurological deficits. Other predisposing condition associated with PRES is eclampsia, accelerated hypertension, uraemia, transplantation, autoimmune diseases and/or use of immunosuppressive drugs. It is important to recognise PRES since it is a potentially reversible. We describe an unusual case of PRES caused by uraemia during lupus flare up in a patient with biopsy proven class IV lupus nephritis who presented with features of asymmetrical quadriparesis which completely reversed after haemodialysis sessions and treating lupus flare up. In our case she presented with quadriparesis which is a rare presentation and hypertensive encephalopathy was not present.

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http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4740638PMC
http://dx.doi.org/10.7860/JCDR/2016/14770.7038DOI Listing

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