Neurology

Systemic lupus erythematosus

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What is the role of skin biopsy for evaluating small fiber neuropathy in patients with rheumatic disease who have treatment recalcitrant pain?

Small fiber neuropathy (SFN) can be found in rheumatological condition with varying degrees of frequency. Possible numbers include 38% in SLE, 3-9% Sj...

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How do you approach new-onset idiopathic intracranial hypertension (IIH) with someone who has history of systemic lupus erythematosus?

Would you consider this to be neuropsychiatric SLE (NPSLE) manifesting as IIH? How do you approach someone with a history of SLE that has been ...

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How do you counsel patients who experience diarrhea from mycophenolate mofetil (Cellcept)?

Do you generally recommend anti-diarrheals, dietary modifications, or consider this an unacceptable side effect and move to other therapies?

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What is your workup and treatment approach for cranial neuropathies in patients with lupus?

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How do you approach management of patients with lupus and transverse myelitis not responding to pulse dose steroids?

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Would you stop belimumab in a patient with SLE starting ravulizumab (C5 inhibitor) for myasthenia gravis due to concern for additive immunosuppression?

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Is there practical utility from obtaining CSF autoantibodies in patients with suspected neuropsychiatric systemic lupus erythematosus?

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What is your workup for CSF studies when evaluating for possible CNS Lupus?

In addition, what formula do you use to calculate the IgG index?

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How do you treat lupus-associated small fiber neuropathy?

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Papers discussed in this category

Front Immunol, 2021 Jul 14

Complement C4, Infections, and Autoimmune Diseases.

Arthritis and rheumatism, 2009-11

Distinct subtypes of myelitis in systemic lupus erythematosus.

Rheumatology (Oxford), 2014 Oct 21

Development and validation of a new algorithm for attribution of neuropsychiatric events in systemic lupus erythematosus.

Cureus, 2019 Aug 19

Aseptic Meningitis and Depression: The Neuropsychiatric Manifestations of a Patient with Systemic Lupus Erythematosus.

J Rheumatol, 2007 Sep 15

Diagnostic reliability of cerebral spinal fluid tests for acute confusional state (delirium) in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus: interleukin 6 (IL-6), IL-8, interferon-alpha, IgG index, and Q-albumin.

Rheumatol Int, 2007 Jul 20

Acute psychosis in systemic lupus erythematosus.

Lupus, 2017 Feb 26

Central nervous system vasculitis in systemic lupus erythematosus: a case series report in a tertiary referral centre.

Therapeutic drug monitoring, 2022 Jun 01

Drug-Drug Interactions Between Mycophenolic Acid and Proton Pump Inhibitors: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.

Arthritis Rheum,

The American College of Rheumatology nomenclature and case definitions for neuropsychiatric lupus syndromes.

Cureus, 2024 Aug 19

Transverse Sinus Stenosis as an Underdiagnosed Cause of Chronic Headache: A Case Report.

Archives of neurology, 2006 Oct

Intraepidermal nerve fiber densities in chronic inflammatory autoimmune diseases.

Journal of neurology, neurosurgery, and psychiatry, 2022 Mar 04

Skin biopsy and small fibre neuropathies: facts and thoughts 30 years later.

European journal of neurology, 2010 Jul

European Federation of Neurological Societies/Peripheral Nerve Society Guideline on the use of skin biopsy in the diagnosis of small fiber neuropathy. Report of a joint task force of the European Federation of Neurological Societies and the Peripheral Nerve Society.

Medicine, 2004 Sep

Neurologic manifestations in primary Sjögren syndrome: a study of 82 patients.

Archives of neurology, 2006 Nov

Peripheral neuropathy in primary sjogren syndrome: a population-based study.

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