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In a patient with strong serologic evidence of SLE presenting with isolated bilateral lower limb sensorimotor neuropathy, normal neuroimaging, and CSF, would you initiate cyclophosphamide with pulse-dose steroids upfront, or reserve escalation (e.g., plasma exchange or immunosuppressants) for cases refractory to steroids?

Serologies: +Speckled ANA, SSA, Smith, high dsDNA

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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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Papers discussed in this category

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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.

Journal of clinical medicine, 2020 Aug 21

Glucocorticoids in . Ten Questions and Some Issues.

Neurological sciences : official journal of the Italian Neurological Society and of the Italian Society of Clinical Neurophysiology, 2019 Oct 24

Sural nerve biopsy in peripheral neuropathies: 30-year experience from a single center.

Seminars in arthritis and rheumatism, 2020 Dec 17

Management of inflammatory neurologic and psychiatric manifestations of systemic lupus erythematosus: A systematic review.

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