Alvarez Sastre C, Villarejo F, López Robledillo J C, Martin-Gamero A Pascual, Pérez Díaz C
Neurosurgical Service, Pediatric Hospital Niño Jesús, Avda Menéndez Pelayo, 65, 28009 Madrid, Spain.
Childs Nerv Syst. 2002 Oct;18(9-10):528-31. doi: 10.1007/s00381-002-0618-8. Epub 2002 Aug 22.
A case of supratentorial subdural empyema extending to the superior subdural cervical space in a 14-year-old patient with systemic lupus erythematosus is presented. The presumed etiology of the empyema was an intestinal nontyphoidal salmonella infection.
We review the neurological and neurosurgical complications in systemic lupus erythematosus.