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Intrathecal formation of anticardiolipin antibodies in a patient with SLE-related relapsing longitudinal myelitis: a
D Aguirre-Villarreal1, L P Whittall2, H Fragoso-Loyo2
11 Department of Neurology, Instituto Nacional de Ciencias Médicas y Nutrición Salvador Zubirán (INNSZ), Mexico City, Mexico.
Background:
Nontraumatic acute transverse myelitis (ATM) can occur in response to infectious, inflammatory and vascular triggers; 1% of patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) develop ATM, but the mechanism remains unknown.
Objective:
The objective of this case report is to describe a case of intrathecal formation of anticardiolipin antibodies (aCL) during SLE-related ATM.
Methods:
A single patient analysis was conducted.
Results:
A 26-year-old housewife was diagnosed with SLE at age 19. Circulating aCL antibodies were positive at diagnosis. At age 21, she developed an episode of severe sepsis. At 23 years of age she developed an episode of ATM that left her paraplegic with a D10 sensory level, from which she recovered partially. Three years later, she developed a clinical relapse of ATM. During that second episode, serum levels of aCL were within normal limits, while cerebrospinal fluid levels were increased, suggesting intrathecal production of aCL.
Conclusion:
Here, we present a case of a woman who developed relapsing SLE-related longitudinally extensive ATM in whom intrathecal formation of aCL was demonstrated, suggesting that local production and cross-recognition of nervous tissue by those autoantibodies may be myelopathic.
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