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Cerebral hemiatrophy in systemic lupus erythematosus: report of a case
S Hirohata1, Y Moroi, S Yoshinoya
1Department of Medicine and Physical Therapy, University of Tokyo School of Medicine, Japan.
Abstract:
An 18-year-old woman with systemic lupus erythematosus developed neuropsychiatric disorders, including aseptic meningoencephalitis, organic brain syndrome and seizure. A series of computed axial tomography scans revealed the progression of marked atrophy of the right cerebral hemisphere for a period of 3 years without occlusion or stenosis of large vessels on cerebral angiography. I-123 IMP single photon emission computed tomography disclosed a markedly decreased uptake of I-123 IMP in the right cerebral hemisphere, and also in the left cerebellar hemisphere (crossed cerebellar diaschisis), which disappeared within 2 years.