Spinal cord involvement in pediatric systemic lupus erythematosus : Case report and literature review

• Published in: Clinical and experimental rheumatology Vol. 17; no. 4; pp. 505 - 508
• Main Authors: AL-MAYOUF, S. M, BAHABRI, S
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Pisa Clinical and Experimental Rheumatology 01.07.1999
• Subjects: Anti-Inflammatory Agents - administration & dosage; Atrophy; Biological and medical sciences; Child, Preschool; Cyclophosphamide - administration & dosage; Female; Humans; Immunosuppressive Agents - administration & dosage; Lupus Erythematosus, Systemic - diagnosis; Lupus Erythematosus, Systemic - drug therapy; Lupus Erythematosus, Systemic - pathology; Magnetic Resonance Imaging; Medical sciences; Myelitis - diagnosis; Myelitis - drug therapy; Myelitis - pathology; Prednisone - administration & dosage; Sarcoidosis. Granulomatous diseases of unproved etiology. Connective tissue diseases. Elastic tissue diseases. Vasculitis; Spinal Cord - pathology; Human; Immunopathology; Connective tissue disease; Skin disease; Nervous system diseases; Autoimmune disease; Inflammatory disease; Transverse myelitis; Case study; Symptomatology; Treatment; Systemic disease; Central nervous system disease; Complication; Lupus erythematosus; Disseminated; Spinal cord disease; Child
• ISSN: 0392-856X; 1593-098X

Transverse myelitis is a rare but serious complication of systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE). We describe the youngest patient with transverse myelitis ever recorded in SLE. Clinical improvement was observed after prednisone and cyclophosphamide therapy. The English language literature from 1966 to the present on the subject are reviewed.