Cranial Nerve Palsies: Sarcoidosis to Systemic Lupus Erythematosus
Cranial palsies are a very rare feature of SLE. Similarly, peripheral sensory-motor axonal neuropathy is very uncommon in SLE. The combination of the two as the presenting symptoms of SLE is a diagnostic challenge particularly in an elderly male patient with a known diagnosis of sarcoidosis. This ca...
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| description | Cranial palsies are a very rare feature of SLE. Similarly, peripheral sensory-motor axonal neuropathy is very uncommon in SLE. The combination of the two as the presenting symptoms of SLE is a diagnostic challenge particularly in an elderly male patient with a known diagnosis of sarcoidosis. This case serves to highlight the diagnostic considerations in such a patient. The lack of response to standard therapy and the presence of subtle clues like anemia, proteinuria, and mild serositis should prompt the physician to look for alternate diagnoses. The potential association of SLE and sarcoidosis is also discussed. SLE can be present in elderly male patients with cranial and peripheral neuropathy. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-c715b3b450b84c0d8dfd1232fc95cc082025-08-20T02:19:44ZengWileyCase Reports in Rheumatology2090-68892090-68972013-01-01201310.1155/2013/175261175261Cranial Nerve Palsies: Sarcoidosis to Systemic Lupus ErythematosusFawad Aslam0Firas Bannout1Elizabeth B. Russell2Division of Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, AR 72205, USADivision of Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, John L. McClellan Memorial Veterans Hospital, Little Rock, AR 72205, USADivision of Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, AR 72205, USACranial palsies are a very rare feature of SLE. Similarly, peripheral sensory-motor axonal neuropathy is very uncommon in SLE. The combination of the two as the presenting symptoms of SLE is a diagnostic challenge particularly in an elderly male patient with a known diagnosis of sarcoidosis. This case serves to highlight the diagnostic considerations in such a patient. The lack of response to standard therapy and the presence of subtle clues like anemia, proteinuria, and mild serositis should prompt the physician to look for alternate diagnoses. The potential association of SLE and sarcoidosis is also discussed. SLE can be present in elderly male patients with cranial and peripheral neuropathy.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2013/175261 |
| spellingShingle | Fawad Aslam Firas Bannout Elizabeth B. Russell Cranial Nerve Palsies: Sarcoidosis to Systemic Lupus Erythematosus Case Reports in Rheumatology |
| title | Cranial Nerve Palsies: Sarcoidosis to Systemic Lupus Erythematosus |
| title_full | Cranial Nerve Palsies: Sarcoidosis to Systemic Lupus Erythematosus |
| title_fullStr | Cranial Nerve Palsies: Sarcoidosis to Systemic Lupus Erythematosus |
| title_full_unstemmed | Cranial Nerve Palsies: Sarcoidosis to Systemic Lupus Erythematosus |
| title_short | Cranial Nerve Palsies: Sarcoidosis to Systemic Lupus Erythematosus |
| title_sort | cranial nerve palsies sarcoidosis to systemic lupus erythematosus |
| url | http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2013/175261 |
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