Deep brain reversible encephalopathy: association with secondary antiphospholipid antibody syndrome

AJNR Am J Neuroradiol. 2007 Jan;28(1):76-8.

Abstract

We present a case of a patient with systemic lupus erythematosus and secondary antiphospholipid syndrome. The patient presented with acute right cerebellar infarction and clinical and imaging evidence of brain stem and bilateral thalamic encephalopathy that resolved completely.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Antiphospholipid Syndrome / diagnosis*
  • Brain Edema / diagnosis
  • Brain Stem / pathology
  • Cerebellar Diseases / diagnosis*
  • Cerebellum / pathology
  • Cerebral Infarction / diagnosis*
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Intracranial Embolism / diagnosis*
  • Lupus Erythematosus, Systemic / diagnosis*
  • Lupus Vasculitis, Central Nervous System / diagnosis*
  • Magnetic Resonance Angiography*
  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging*
  • Thalamus / pathology
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed*