Communicating Hydrocephalus in Systemic Lupus Erythematosus

Authors

RAMAZAN ALBAYRAK
SAİT ALBAYRAM
HAKAN SELÇUK
SEBAHATTİN SAİP
HALİT YILMAZ
CİVAN IŞLAK

DOI

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Abstract

Central nervous system (CNS) involvement has been recognized as the second leading cause of death in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), although hydrocephalus is seen very rarely. We report a case of communicating hydrocephalus in a 24-year-old woman having previously diagnosed SLE without antiphospholipid antibody syndrome or cerebral venous angiographic abnormality. We propose direct damage-thrombosis of small sized venous structures or immune complex deposition within arachnoid villi, which impair cerebrospinal fluid flow, as a possible, yet unproven, pathophysiologic mechanism for hydrocephalus in SLE.

Keywords

Systemic lupus erythematosus, hydrocephalus, magnetic resonance imaging

First Page

323

Last Page

326

Recommended Citation

ALBAYRAK, RAMAZAN; ALBAYRAM, SAİT; SELÇUK, HAKAN; SAİP, SEBAHATTİN; YILMAZ, HALİT; and IŞLAK, CİVAN (2006) "Communicating Hydrocephalus in Systemic Lupus Erythematosus," Turkish Journal of Medical Sciences: Vol. 36: No. 5, Article 11. Available at: https://journals.tubitak.gov.tr/medical/vol36/iss5/11