Cerebral perivenous calcification in neuropsychiatric lupus erythematosus: a case report

Neuroradiology. 1998 Sep;40(9):583-6. doi: 10.1007/s002340050649.

Abstract

We present a case of neuropsychiatric lupus erythematosus with granular calcification in the basal ganglia and cerebral white matter on CT. Histopathologically, these were identified as perivenous necrotising lesions, with loss of axons and myelin sheaths and prominent dystrophic calcification.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Basal Ganglia Diseases / diagnosis
  • Basal Ganglia Diseases / pathology
  • Brain / pathology
  • Brain Diseases / diagnosis*
  • Brain Diseases / pathology
  • Calcinosis / diagnosis*
  • Calcinosis / pathology
  • Cerebral Veins / pathology*
  • Child
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Lupus Erythematosus, Systemic / diagnosis*
  • Lupus Erythematosus, Systemic / pathology
  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging
  • Neurocognitive Disorders / diagnosis*
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed