[Reversible posterior leukoencephalopathy syndrome in a patient presenting granulomatosis with polyangiitis]. / Syndrome d'encéphalopathie postérieure réversible au cours d'une granulomatose avec polyangéite.
Ann Dermatol Venereol
; 144(2): 113-120, 2017 Feb.
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ABSTRACT
BACKGROUND:
Reversible posterior leukoencephalopathy syndrome (RPLS) is characterised by clinical neurological features of sudden onset and brain MRI findings such as T2/Flair white matter hyperintensities. RPLS can occur in autoimmune diseases, and rarely in systemic vasculitis. We report a case of RPLS in a woman presenting granulomatosis with polyangiitis (Wegener's granulomatosis). PATIENTS ANDMETHODS:
A 22-year-old female patient was treated with methylprednisolone pulses for granulomatosis with polyangiitis and neurological impairment. A few hours after the second pulse, the patient had seizures, blindness and confusion associated with high blood pressure and acute renal failure. MRI revealed a high-intensity area on T2-Flair weighted images of the occipital-temporal lobes. The patient was treated with antiepileptic and antihypertensive medications, oral steroids and cyclophosphamide; the clinical and radiological findings proved reversible over the ensuing days.DISCUSSION:
The occurrence of RPLS in systemic vasculitis is rare. Six cases of RPLS associated with granulomatosis and polyangiitis have been reported. It appears important to screen for high blood pressure in patients recently treated with corticosteroids for vasculitis as this condition may represent a precipitating factor for RPLS.Palabras clave
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Asunto principal:
Granulomatosis con Poliangitis
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Síndrome de Leucoencefalopatía Posterior
Tipo de estudio:
Etiology_studies
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Risk_factors_studies
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Adult
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Female
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Humans
Idioma:
Fr
Año:
2017
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Article