Al Mahmeed Nada, El Nekidy Wasim S, Langah Rumman, Nusair Ahmad Rakad
Medical Subspecialties Institute- Department of Hospital Medicine, Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.
Department of Pharmacy Services, Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi, P. O. Box 112412, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.
IDCases. 2020 Jul 4;21:e00904. doi: 10.1016/j.idcr.2020.e00904. eCollection 2020.
Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (SLE) is an idiopathic chronic autoimmune disease that can affect multiple organs including the Central Nervous System (CNS). CNS involvement is seen in many SLE patients; however, usually it is preceded by/or in conjunction with other organ-system involvement. The spectrum of CNS involvement is wide and includes numerous neuro-psychiatric syndromes but rarely meningitis. Even when meningitis occurs it is almost never the presenting manifestation of SLE. Our case had chronic aseptic meningitis as the initial and seemingly sole manifestation of SLE, which was erroneously, treated as tuberculous (TB) meningitis.
系统性红斑狼疮(SLE)是一种特发性慢性自身免疫性疾病,可累及包括中枢神经系统(CNS)在内的多个器官。许多SLE患者会出现中枢神经系统受累;然而,通常在此之前或同时伴有其他器官系统受累。中枢神经系统受累的范围很广,包括众多神经精神综合征,但很少出现脑膜炎。即使发生脑膜炎,它几乎从未作为SLE的首发表现。我们的病例以慢性无菌性脑膜炎作为SLE的初始且似乎唯一的表现,曾被错误地当作结核性(TB)脑膜炎进行治疗。