Initial presentation of systemic lupus erythematosus masquerading as bacterial meningitis.
Initial presentation of systemic lupus erythematosus masquerading as bacterial meningitis.
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2001-11
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Juan Dong;S. Suwanvecho;Lugen Chen;Yi-Kong Keung
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Juan Dong;S. Suwanvecho;Lugen Chen;Yi-Kong Keung
Neuropsychiatric manifestations of systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) are well documented and recently reviewed. As many as 14% to 75% of patients with SLE eventually develop various degrees of neuropsychiatric manifestations. It is relatively rare, however, for patients with SLE to have such manifestations initially. According to a retrospective study of 140 patients with SLE, only 5 patients (3%) initially had neuropsychiatric manifestations, and only 1 patient initially had aseptic meningitis. Searching through MEDLINE, we were able to find only 10 cases of SLE-related aseptic meningitis from 1966 to 2000. We describe a case of SLE-related aseptic meningitis with fever, headache, neck rigidity, and laboratory findings otherwise typical of pyogenic meningitis.