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A case of diffuse lupus encephalopathy successfully treated with high-dose intravenous methylprednisolone
G Di Iorio1, U Picillo, P Santanelli
1Istituto di Scienze Neurologiche, I Facoltà di Medicina e Chirurgia, Università di Napoli.
Italian Journal of Neurological Sciences
|April 1, 1992
Abstract:
We report a case of systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) in a young woman who presented a serious encephalopathy with respiratory distress and coma, after arbitrary interruption of oral corticosteroid therapy when her first pregnancy ended in abortion. The patient showed rapid improvement on methylprednisolone pulse therapy. The case suggests the utility of such a therapy in severe, non focal, CNS complications of SLE.