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Multiple spontaneous intracerebral hemorrhages in a patient with progressive systemic sclerosis
A P Andonopoulos1, T Maraziotis, G Rigas
1Division of Rheumatology, University of Patras School of Medicine, Patras Regional University Hospital, Greece.
Revue Du Rhumatisme (English Ed.)
|July 22, 1998
Abstract:
A 64-year-old woman with a two-year history of diffuse scleroderma responsible for severe interstitial lung disease was admitted for recurrent loss of consciousness. Her treatment at the time consisted of a corticosteroid and monthly cyclophosphamide pulses. Computed tomography and magnetic resonance imaging of the brain revealed two hemorrhagic lesions in the left frontal and temporal lobes, respectively. Amyloidosis and/or vasculitis may have contributed to these lesions.