Case Report | |||||
Dementia and Neurocognitive Disorders 2015: 14: 1: 48-51 | |||||
Reversible Amygdala and Parahippocampal Lesions of Brain18 Fluorodeoxy Glucose-Positron Emission Tomography in Neuropsychiatric Systemic Lupus Erythematosus | |||||
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Do Young Yoon, Doo Yong Park, Subin Lee, Jee Young Kim, Hyun Jeong Han, Eun Jung Kim | |||||
Department of Neurology, Myongji Hospital, Seonam University College of Medicine, Goyang, Korea | |||||
Reversible Amygdala and Parahippocampal Lesions of Brain18 Fluorodeoxy Glucose-Positron Emission Tomography in Neuropsychiatric Systemic Lupus Erythematosus | |||||
Do Young Yoon, Doo Yong Park, Subin Lee, Jee Young Kim, Hyun Jeong Han, Eun Jung Kim | |||||
Department of Neurology, Myongji Hospital, Seonam University College of Medicine, Goyang, Korea | |||||
Background : Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is an autoimmune disease that is a significant source of morbidity and mortality when it manifests in the central nervous system. The early detection and treatment of neuropsychiatric SLE (NPSLE) is very important, but a confirmative diagnostic tool has yet to be developed. Case Report : We report here a case of neuropsychiatric manifestations in a patient that were associated with SLE, and evidence of reversal of bilateral amygdala and parahippocampal lesions in the brain revealed by 18fluorodeoxy glucose-positron emission tomography. Conclusions : We are suggestive of 18fluorodeoxy glucose-positron emission tomography appear to be more sensitive in detecting subtle brain changes in NPSLE. |
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Key Words: systemic lupus erythematosus, neuropsychiatric manifestations, brain 18fluorodeoxy glucose-positron emission tomography. | |||||
대한치매학회지 (Dementia and Neurocognitive Disorders) |