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Laura E Godínez-Baca1, Gustavo E Lugo-Zamudio1, Lucía V Maya-Piña1
1Servicio de Reumatología, Hospital Juárez de México, Ciudad de México, México.
Abstract:
Las manifestaciones neuropsiquiátricas en los pacientes con lupus eritematoso sistémico (LES) y síndrome antifosfolípido (SAF) secundario son muy frecuentes. En ambos casos, la fisiopatología se correlaciona con vasculopatía asociada a anticuerpos antifosfolípido y neurotoxicidad por anticuerpos y citocinas. La corea es el único trastorno del movimiento incluido en los 19 síndromes neuropsiquiátricos del LES según el American College of Rheumatology, con presentación inusual (prevalencia del 2%), y puede ocurrir como primera manifestación de la enfermedad. Se describe el caso de una paciente de 17 años con corea desencadenada durante el embarazo como manifestación inicial de LES y SAF.
Abstract:
Neuropsychiatric symptoms of systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) and secondary antiphospholipid syndrome (APS) are very common. In both cases, pathophysiology is correlated to vasculopathy associated to antiphospholipid antibodies as well as neurotoxicity mediated by antibodies and cytokines. Chorea, instead, is the only movement disorder included in the 19 SLE’s neuropsychiatric syndromes described by the American College of Rheumatology. Nevertheless, its presence is unusual with a prevalence of about 2%, and could appear as an early manifestation of the disease. The case of a 17-year-old pregnant woman in whom chorea was an early manifestation of SLE and APS.
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