Diffuse intracranial calcification, deep medullary vein engorgement, and symmetric white matter involvement in a patient with systemic lupus erythematosus

CNS Neurosci Ther. 2020 Feb;26(2):278-280. doi: 10.1111/cns.13250. Epub 2019 Oct 25.

Authors

Yin-Xi Zhang¹, Hong-Fu Li¹, Yang Zheng¹, Lei Wu¹, Zhi-Ying Wu¹, Mei-Ping Ding¹

Affiliation

¹ Department of Neurology, Second Affiliated Hospital, School of Medicine, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China.

No abstract available

Publication types

Case Reports
Letter

MeSH terms

Anti-Inflammatory Agents / therapeutic use
Brain / diagnostic imaging
Calcinosis / diagnostic imaging
Calcinosis / drug therapy
Calcinosis / etiology*
Cerebral Veins / diagnostic imaging
Cerebral Veins / pathology
Female
Humans
Lupus Erythematosus, Systemic / complications*
Lupus Erythematosus, Systemic / diagnostic imaging
Lupus Erythematosus, Systemic / drug therapy
Medulla Oblongata / blood supply
Medulla Oblongata / diagnostic imaging
Methylprednisolone / therapeutic use
Middle Aged
White Matter / diagnostic imaging
White Matter / pathology

Substances

Anti-Inflammatory Agents
Methylprednisolone