CT scan of brain in systemic lupus erythematosus patients

ABSTRACT

Sixteen female SLE patients with an age ranging between 25 and 40 years were included in this study. Neuropsychiatric manifestations were found in 32.2% of the 16 SLE patients. There were impaired memory and concentration [one case], monoparesis and aphasia [one case], dizziness [one case], headache [three cases], psychosis [one case] and depression [one case]. CT scan endings of the brain were abnormal in 25% of the SLE patients and it revealed areas of microinfarction in temporal, parietal or frontal lobes. CT scan of the brain is helpful to detect the brain involvement in SLE patients