Intracranial hypertension with reversible cerebral edema: Atypical presentation of neuropsychiatric systemic lupus erythematosus.

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Department of Neurology, Hassan II University Teaching Hospital, Fez, Morocco, Faculty of Medicine and Pharmacy, Sidi Mohammed Ben Abdellah University, Fez, salma laassila, Morocco.

Published: May 2022

We described in this article a 19-year-old girl with an intracranial hypertension as an initial presentation of neuropsychiatric lupus. The brain MRI showed diffuse, bilateral and symmetrical white and grey matter hyperintensities. These lesions completely disappeared after 3 months of treatment. Diffuse cerebral edema with or without leukoencephalopathy in neuropsychiatric systemic lupus erythematosus is an extremely rare entity.

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http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.radcr.2022.02.018DOI Listing

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