Lupus Related Longitudinal Myelitis

Lupus related longitudinal myelitis.

Lupus-related myelitis: serial MR findings.

PURPOSE To correlate the MR findings in transverse myelitis secondary to systemic lupus erythematosus with clinical findings during disease exacerbation and remission. METHODS Four patients (ages 33 to 47 years) with episodes of transverse myelitis secondary to systemic lupus erythematosus were identified. Three patients had recurrent transverse myelitis episodes (one patient with two recurre...

Systemic lupus erythematosus presented as extensive longitudinal myelitis.

BACKGROUND longitudinal myelitis (LM) is defined by the continuous lesion of more than four spinal cord segments. LM is a rare variant of acute transverse myelitis and it frequently presented poor responses to immunomodulatory therapy, which resulted in severe and disabling sequelae. We reported a case of acute longitudinal myelitis involving extensive lesions from cervical spinal cord to conus...

[Transverse myelitis in systemic lupus erythematosus].

OBJECTIVE Transverse myelitis (TM) is a rare complication in patients with systemic lupus erithematosus (SLE). We reviewed a series of our SLE patients to determine the prevalence of TM, and evaluate the clinical characteristics, medical tests, evolution and response to the treatment. PATIENTS AND METHOD Six patients with TM were identified and underwent a neurological evaluation, MRI, electr...

Myelitis and Lupus: Clinical Manifestations, Diagnosis and Treatment. Review.

Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is a chronic autoimmune disease that affects multiple systems. Myelopathy is one of 19 neuropsychiatric syndromes related to SLE defined by the American College of Rheumatology. Although infrequent, it is a severe manifestation, leading to motor and sensory deficits, and sphincter dysfunction. The pathogenesis is not clearly known, but may be related to arteri...